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Find the product of the roots of the equation? 12x^2 + x - 6

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Feb 19, 2018

$- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

Explanation:

I am assuming the problem is: $12 x^{2} + x - 6 = 0$ $12x^2+x-6=0$

Here's a rule that is good to know:

In a quadratic equation $a x^{2} + b x + c = 0$ $ax^2+bx+c=0$ , the sum of the roots is $- \frac{b}{a}$ $-b/a$ and the product is $\frac{c}{a}$ $c/a$

In our equation, $a = 12$ $a=12$ , $b = 1$ $b=1$ , $c = - 6$ $c=-6$

The product is $\frac{c}{a}$ $c/a$ . We plug in the values.

$- \frac{6}{12} = - \frac{1}{2}$ $-6/12=-1/2$

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