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Find the sum of the squares of the roots of $2x^2+4x-1=x^2-8x+3$.

 Jun 8, 2024
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Combining all like terms and moving all terms to one side, we get 

x2+12x4=0

 

The two roots of this are

x=2106x=2106

 

Squaring them we get 

4(10)212106(2106)+(2106)2

41012106(2106)+(2106)2

 

This simplifies to 152, which is our answer.

 

Thanks! :)

 Jun 8, 2024

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