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3 years ago

Hey can you please help me posted picture of question :)

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jek_recluse [69]3 years ago

5 0

The sum of a and b will be the coefficient of the x term of the trinomial. This can be seen below.

(x + a)(x + b)
= x² + bx + ax + ab
= x² + (a+b)x + ab

x is being multiplied by both a and b individually and the products are being added, so sum of a and b appears as the coefficient of x term.

Thus the answer to this question is option C

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