One of the five quadratics below has a repeated root. (The other four have distinct roots.) What is the repeated root?
\(\begin{align*} &-x^2 + 18x + 81 \\ &3x^2 - 6x + 9 \\ &8x^2 - 32x + 32 \\ &25x^2 - 30x - 9 \\ &x^2 - 14x + 196 \end{align*}\)
+2666 For a quadratic to have distinct roots, it's must be the form: \(a^2x^2 \pm 2abx + b^2\)
For example, applying this to the fifth one yields: \(1^2 x^2 - 2 \times 1 \times 14x + 14^2\), which equals: \(x^2- 28x+196\), this, isn't true, so it isn't 5.
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+118608 That is really good to here. Thanks 
And thanks for your teaching style answer Builderboi.
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+2666 Guest: I'm so glad I could help!
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Also, I just realized my original answer has a typo, it should be "For a quadratic to have repeated roots", not "For a quadratic to have distinct roots"
