Find the Sum and Product of the Roots of the Quadratic Equation 4x^2+8x+3=0

$4 x^{2} + 8 x + 3 = 0$

Step 1

Find $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ .

Once the quadratic is in standard form, the values of $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ can be found.

$a x^{2} + b x + c$

Use the standard form of the equation to find $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ for this quadratic.

$a = 4$ , $b = 8$ , $c = 3$

Step 2

Substitute the values into the sum of roots formula $- \frac{b}{a}$ .

Divide $- 8$ by $4$ .

$- 2$

Step 3

List the results.

Sum of the roots is $- 2$

Product of the roots is $\frac{3}{4}$