Thursday, March 19, 2015

Construct the quadratic that has one root (1/3)+square root (2/3).

If one root of a quadratic is (1+sqrt2)/3, then it's
conjugate, (1-sqrt2)/3, is also a root for the
quadratic.


We'll use the formula of a
quadratic:


x^2 - Sx + P = 0


S
is the sum of the roots.


P is the product of the
roots.


Since we know both roots, we'll determine their sum
and product to create the quadratic.


x1 + x2 = S = 1/3 +
(sqrt2)/3 + 1/3 - (sqrt2)/3


We'll eliminate like
terms:


x1 + x2 = S = 2/3


The
product is:


P = x1*x2 =
(1+sqrt2)(1-sqrt2)/9


The numerator represents the
difference of 2 squares:


P =
(1-2)/9


P = -1/9


We'll create
the quadratic: x^2 - 2x/3 - 1/9 = 0


We'll multiply by 9 the
quadratic:


9x^2 - 6x - 1 =
0


The final form of the quadratic is: 9x^2 -
6x - 1 = 0.

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