2022 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 7
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Using Vieta's Formula, this states:
(Let 
and 
be the roots)
This shows that p and q must be the factors of 
: 
and its negative counterpart.
We cancel out the 
and because the problem states that it wants distinct roots.
Thus, we have a total of 
pairs and another pairs (the negatives), which total us 
.
