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What should be the value of a, in the polynomials x2 - 11x + a and x2 - 14x + 2a, so that these two polynomials have common factors.
A. 24
B. 1
C. -1
D. 1/2

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answer is a=24
in this we get factor from polynomial same
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put a= 24 in first equ we get X^2-3x-8x+24 and for second equ we get x^2-8x-6x+(2*24)....to get a common factor of the two eq. is 8.
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