Problem 52125. Compute the sum of reciprocals of quadratics

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text-decoration-line: underline; ">Cody Problem 46000</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.94167px 7.79167px; transform-origin: 1.94167px 7.79167px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">.</span></span></div></div></div>

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Nikolaos Nikolaou on 30 Jul 2021

Thought this works only when both roots are negative

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