Solving a monic quadratic by factorising

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We aim to solve the quadratic $\simplify{x^2+{linear}x+{const}}$ by factorisation.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

a	integer	-9
b	integer	-7
linear	integer	-16
const	integer	63
monicsoln	list	[ 7, 9 ]

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The quadratic $\simplify{x^2+{linear}x+{const}}=0$ factorised is Unnamed gap $\;=0$

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This question is used in the following exams:

Solving quadratics by Ben Brawn in Algebra.
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Solving quadratics (math1001) by Ben Brawn in Algebra.

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