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#1247 · Algebra · Quadratics

Common root of two quadratics

If the equations and have a common root, shew that it must be either or .

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. IX. The Theory of Quadratic Equations, Examples IX.c, No. 4

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