The difference between the roots of the quadratic equation x2−14x+q=0 is 6. find q.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a quadratic equation, a rule known as Vieta's Theorem tells us that roots 1 and 2 (we'll call them x1 and x2) added up is equal to -b/a, and x1 multiplied by x2 is equal to c/a.  because x1-x2 is 6, and x1+x2=-b/a, which is -(-14), or 14, we can use the substitution method to find out the roots of the equation, being 4 and 10. When putting these roots into the equation, we get that 4^2-14(4)+q=0, and 10^2-14(10)+q=0. We can simplify these equations to make -40+q=0, and adding 40 on both sides gets us that q=40.

To recap:

Vieta's Formula:

use substitution to find the roots

enter the roots into the quadratic equation

solve the equation!

q = 40

18 units²

step-by-step explanation:

first let's find altitude bd using the distance formula

d = √((y₂ - y₁)² + (x₂ - x₁)²)

bd = √((0 - -3)² + (0 - 3)²)

bd = √18

given the placement of points a and c, we can denote that point d bisects segment ac.

we will call ac the base.

using the distance formula

ac = √((0 - 6)² + (-6 - 0)²)

ac = √72

knowing our base and our height, we can plug these into our triangle area formula

area = (b * h)/2

area = (√18 * √72) / 2

area = (√1296) / 2

area = 36 / 2

area = 18 units²