Fill in the blanks to make a quadratic whose roots are 5 and -5. x^2 + ___ x + ___
Since the roots are +5 and –5, the quadratic factors to (x – 5)(x + 5)
Multplied out, (x – 5)(x + 5) is x2 – 25.
Fill in the blanks with 0 and –25 ............. x2 + 0x + –25
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