IB skill practice

Use sum and product of roots

Use coefficients to reason about sums, products, and unknown parameters in polynomial roots.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Use sum and product of roots - Vieta root relationship item

Case A8. Use the root-line diagram and calculate the requested sum, product, coefficient, or parameter.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.