June 2009 ACT Math Discussion

bannas200
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:37 +0000

To KungFuMasta:

The question was something like this…
x^2+mx+n = 0
Both m and n are integers. If the ONLY value possible for X is -3, what is the value of m?

The answer would be three since (x+3)(x+3)
when you factor it out, your m value comes out to be 6