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Proof WritingChallengeContrapositive and Contradiction

Contrapositive and Contradiction · Challenge problem

Quadratics with odd coefficients have no rational roots (a parity contradiction). Among the 8181 quadratics x2+bx+cx^2 + bx + c with b,c∈{1,2,…,9}b, c \in \{1, 2, \ldots, 9\}, how many DO have a rational root?