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2002 AMC 10B Problem 10

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2002 AMC 10B Problem 10AMC 10 Step by Step
Name:                             Date: September 13, 2026
Quadratics · difficulty 2 of 5 · about 2 min · position P1-10

Suppose that aa and bb are nonzero real numbers, and that the equation x2+ax+b=0x^2 + ax + b = 0 has solutions aa and bb . Then the pair (a,b)(a,b) is

  1. A)

    (−2,1)(-2,1)

  2. B)

    (−1,2)(-1,2)

  3. C)

    (1,−2)(1,-2)

  4. D)

    (2,−1)(2,-1)

  5. E)

    (4,4)(4,4)

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