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What is the length of the segment of the number line whose endpoints satisfy x^2 - 16x + 3 = 0?

 Apr 5, 2022
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x^2 - 16x + 3 = 0               use quadratic fromula to find the 'zeroes'   a =1     b = -16       c = 3

       results in   x = 8 +-sqrt(61)        distance between these two points is 2 sqrt (61)

 Apr 6, 2022

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