Thursday, 31 July 2014

polynomials - Roots of Equation

Let the roots of the equation
x3+px2+qx+r=0
be in arithmetic progression. Show that
p23q.




Attempt: Let the roots be α, β, and γ. Then
α=p,αβ=q,andαβγ=r.
Since roots are in AP, we have 2β=α+γ.

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