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Vieta's Formulas (Easy)

AMC 10 Q1–8 depth — contest entry, not school drills.

Vieta's Formulas: core idea

Quadratic sum/product.

Example problem: hint and answer

If r+s=8r+s=8 and rs=15rs=15, find r2+s2r^2+s^2.

Hint: (r+s)2−2rs=64−30(r+s)^2-2rs=64-30. Answer: 34.

Practice (9 problems — type your answers)

  • 1. Roots of x2−7x+10=0x^2-7x+10=0 are r,sr,s. Find r+sr+s.

  • 2. If r+s=6r+s=6 and rs=5rs=5, find r2+s2r^2+s^2.

  • 3. Roots of x2−5x+6=0x^2-5x+6=0 are r,sr,s. Find rsrs.

  • 4. If r+s=10r+s=10 and rs=21rs=21, find r2+s2r^2+s^2.

  • 5. For x2−9x+20=0x^2-9x+20=0, find the sum of the roots.

  • 6. If r+s=4r+s=4 and rs=3rs=3, find r2+s2r^2+s^2.

  • 7. For x2−6x+8=0x^2-6x+8=0, find the product of the roots.

  • 8. If r+s=12r+s=12 and rs=20rs=20, find r2+s2r^2+s^2.

  • 9. Roots of x2−11x+24=0x^2-11x+24=0 sum to what value?

Vieta's Formulas Practice Problems — Easy