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Homework Statement
5x2-50x+125 (equation 1)
Solutions are x=5 and x=8
(x-5)(x-8)
= x2-13x+40 (equation 2)
What is the base of the number system??
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Compare coefficients
1a=5b
-13a=-50b
40a=125b
The base must be greater than 8 since 8 is the highest solution..
Descriminant of (1) is zero. Only one solution
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