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Part of 1950 AMC 12/AHSME

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AHSME 1950- the original problems

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7/17/2008
The sum of the roots of the equation 4x^2\plus{}5\minus{}8x\equal{}0 is equal to:
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span> 8<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span> −5<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span> −54<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span> −2<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span> None of these<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 8 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ -5 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ -\dfrac{5}{4} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ -2 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{None of these}
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