Write the quadratic equation whose roots are 6 and 3, and whose leading coefficient is 4 (use the letter x to represent the variable)

If α and β are the Roots of a Quadratic Equation ax² + bx + c then :

✿  Sum of the Roots : α + β

✿  Product of the Roots : αβ

Let the Quadratic Equation we need to find be : ax² + bx + c = 0

Given : The Roots of a Quadratic Equation are 6 and 3

⇒ α = 6 and β = 3

Given : The Leading Coefficient of the Quadratic Equation is 4

Leading Coefficient is the Coefficient written beside the Variable with Highest Degree. In a Quadratic Equation, Highest Degree is 2

Leading Coefficient of our Quadratic Equation is (a)

⇒ a = 4

⇒ Sum of the Roots

⇒ -b = 9(4)

⇒ b = -36

⇒ Product of the Roots

⇒ c = 18 × 4

⇒ c = 72

⇒ The Quadratic Equation is 4x² - 36x + 72 = 0

ab will be equal to

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.