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The sum of the roots of a monic quadratic is -6, and the product of its roots is 7. What is the quadratic?

Answer with a quadratic expression using the variable x such as x^2 + 10x + 20

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Answer:

x^2 +6x+7

Explanation:

for roots a and b

x^2 - (a+b)x + ab = (x-a)(x-b)