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Fill in the blanks to make a quadratic whose roots are $1$ and $-1.$
x^2 + ___ x + ___

 Oct 14, 2024
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(x-1) = 0 produces a root of x =1 

(x+1) = 0 produces a root of -1 

  multiply them together :

(x-1)(x+1) =0

x^2  +  (0) x  - 1  = 0       or simply   x^2 -1 = 0 

 Oct 14, 2024

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