Target Mathematics

1.44: Relationships between roots

4PM1/2/January/2015 — Question 6 · 11 marks

The equation 2x2+px3=02x^2+px-3=0, where pp is a constant, has roots α\alpha and β\beta.
(a) Find the value of
(i) αβ\alpha\beta
(ii) (α+1β)(β+1α)\left(\alpha+\dfrac1\beta\right)\left(\beta+\dfrac1\alpha\right) (4)
(b) Find, in terms of pp,
(i) α+β\alpha+\beta
(ii) (α+1β)+(β+1α)\left(\alpha+\dfrac1\beta\right)+\left(\beta+\dfrac1\alpha\right) (4)
Given that
(α+1β)+(β+1α)=2(α+1β)(β+1α)\left(\alpha+\dfrac1\beta\right)+\left(\beta+\dfrac1\alpha\right)=2\left(\alpha+\dfrac1\beta\right)\left(\beta+\dfrac1\alpha\right)
(c) find the value of pp. (1)
(d) Using the value of pp found in part (c), find a quadratic equation, with integer coefficients, which has roots α+1β\alpha+\dfrac1\beta and β+1α\beta+\dfrac1\alpha. (2)