If one root of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 is equal to nth power of the other, then show that : (acn)1n+1+(anc)1n+1+b=0?

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Jul 20, 2017

If one root of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 is equal to nth power of the other, then show that :
(acn)1n+1+(anc)1n+1+b=0?

Let one root be α then other will be αn

So we can write

αn+α=ba

and

αn+1=ca

α=(ca)1n+1

Now one root of the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 being α. we can write

aα2+bα+c=0

aα+b+cα=0

cα+aα+b=0

c(ca)1n+1+a(ca)1n+1+b=0

c(ac)1n+1+a(ca)1n+1+b=0

(cn+1ac)1n+1+(an+1ca)1n+1+b=0

(acn)1n+1+(anc)1n+1+b=0