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Problem
Each of the equations has:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Since the question asks us about the unifying characteristic of all three equations' roots, we have to first determine them. can be rewritten as , which gives the following roots and . can be expanded to , which in turn leads to . The roots here are and . , when squared, also turns into a quadratic equation: . Binomial factoring gives us the roots and . We can clearly see that, between all of the equations, there is . Note: There are probably extraneous solutions somewhere, but that does not affect the solution.
Final answer
B