{"id":17500,"date":"2026-05-02T17:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/quadratic-concept-36\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:55:05","slug":"quadratic-concept-36","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/quadratic-concept-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadratic Concept 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Find the roots of x^2 + 2x &#8211; 48 = 0.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>-2 and -48<\/li>\n<li>6 and -8<\/li>\n<li>-6 and 8<\/li>\n<li>6 and 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2710],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-17500","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-quadratic-equations","subject-mathematics","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"To find the roots, we need the values of x that make the equation equal to zero. Here the quadratic is x^2 + 2x - 48 = 0. Look for two numbers whose product is -48 and whose sum is 2. Those numbers help us factor the expression, so each factor is set equal to zero. Solving the two simple equations gives x = 6 and -8. Therefore, the correct answer is 6 and -8.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"-2 and -48"},{"right":"yes","answer":"6 and -8"},{"right":"no","answer":"-6 and 8"},{"right":"no","answer":"6 and 8"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2710,"title":"Quadratic Equations","slug":"quadratic-equations"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/17500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=17500"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=17500"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=17500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}