SOLUTION: 2x^2 -5x -18 =0

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Question 846228: 2x^2 -5x -18 =0
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:



For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=169 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 4.5, -2. Here's your graph:
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