The equation has two roots. What is the sum of the squares of the roots?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: For roots : and . Step 2. . **Answer: . Why not the others:** gives the sum of the roots; gives the product of the roots; adds instead of subtracting it.
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