Question

15. In the Maths Olympiad of 2020 at Animal Planet,
two representatives from the donkey's side,
while solving a quadratic equation, committed
the following mistakes.
(0) One of them made a mistake in the
constant term and got the roots as 5 and 9.
(ii) Another one committed an error in the
coefficient of x and he got the roots as
12 and 4.
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Answer 1

Answer:

$15. In the Maths Olympiad of 2020 at Animal Planet,</p><p>two representatives from the donkey's side,</p><p>while solving a quadratic equation, committed</p><p>the following mistakes.</p><p>(0) One of them made a mistake in the</p><p>constant term and got the roots as 5 and 9.</p><p>(ii) Another one committed an error in the</p><p>coefficient of x and he got the roots as</p><p>12 and 4.</p><p>$