Year: 2001
Paper: 3
Question Number: 3
Course: LFM Stats And Pure
Section: Quadratics & Inequalities
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Difficulty Rating: 1700.0
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Consider the equation
\[
x^2 - b x + c = 0 \;,
\]
where $b$ and $c$ are real numbers.
\begin{questionparts}
\item Show that the roots of the equation
are real and positive if and only if $b>0$ and \phantom{} $b^2\ge4c>0$, and sketch the region of the
$b\,$-$c$ plane in which these conditions hold.
\item Sketch the region of
the $b\,$-$c$ plane in which the roots of the equation are real and less
than $1$ in magnitude.
\end{questionparts}