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If x^2+(3a+1)x+2a^2-b^2 is a perfect square, what is a,b?

 Aug 17, 2015

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More generally:

 squares

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 Aug 17, 2015
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If x^2+(3a+1)x+2a^2-b^2 is a perfect square, what is a,b?

 

for example:

$$a=-\dfrac 13 \text{ and }
b = \dfrac {\sqrt{2}}{3} \quad
\Rightarrow x^2$$

 Aug 17, 2015
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More generally:

 squares

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Alan Aug 17, 2015

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