Question

If “-5” is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + px -15 = 0 and the quadratic equation. p(x2 + x) + k = 0 has equal roots, find the value of k

Answer 1

Answer:

Reference to context

2. Their life together in a little flat was singularly lacking in comfort. They refused the furniture offered to

dhem by Pierres father,

a. Why was the offer of furniture turned down?

b. What was the only furniture in the flat?

What does this sentence reveal about Marie and Pierre?

3. No other man or woman to date has ever received the Prize for two different subjects.

a. Which reward is referred to in this extract?

be Who received this reward twice:

c For which discovery did the person receive the reward the first time with whom was the

reward shared:

4. This was the first time that a position in French higher education had been given to a woman.

What is the position referred to in these lines? Which woman had been given this position

for the first time?

b. Who had held the position before it was awarded to a woman?

c What alternative had the woman turned down before she was given this position?

Step-by-step explanation:

Reference to context

2. Their life together in a little flat was singularly lacking in comfort. They refused the furniture offered to

dhem by Pierres father,

a. Why was the offer of furniture turned down?

b. What was the only furniture in the flat?

What does this sentence reveal about Marie and Pierre?

3. No other man or woman to date has ever received the Prize for two different subjects.

a. Which reward is referred to in this extract?

be Who received this reward twice:

c For which discovery did the person receive the reward the first time with whom was the

reward shared:

4. This was the first time that a position in French higher education had been given to a woman.

What is the position referred to in these lines? Which woman had been given this position

for the first time?

b. Who had held the position before it was awarded to a woman?

c What alternative had the woman turned down before she was given this position?