The regulation height of a basketball hoop is 10 feet above the court floor. On a scale model of a basketball court the height o
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According to Vieta's Formulas, if 
are solutions of a given quadratic equation:
Then:
is the completely factored form of 
.
If choose
, then:
So, according to Vieta's formula, we can get:
But:
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Then:
If choose
So, according to Vieta's formula, we can get:
But