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algebra intermediate

Problem

Compute the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation
Solution
Let be the roots. By Vieta's formulas, To get the squared terms we want, we square both sides, giving where the second term on the left-hand side is the sum of all terms where By Vieta's formulas, this also equals so
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