SOLUTION: c) Solve the equation 2x² + 2x – 3 = 0

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Question 841550: c) Solve the equation 2x² + 2x – 3 = 0
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
2x² + 2x – 3 = 0
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=28 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.822875655532295, -1.8228756555323. Here's your graph:

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