Quartic Equation and Cubic Equation Puzzle

 
 
Quartic Equation
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QuarticEquation.html

Cubic Formula
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CubicFormula.html

 

To prove that we can solve a particular cubic if we can solve a particular quartic.

For example,

If   a, \; b, \; c, \; d   are roots of a quartic equation,   then   (a \, b + c \, d)   is a root of a cubic equation

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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