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Question 987147: I need help with this problem too:
Find the values of x for which is zero

Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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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=17 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 1.78077640640442, -0.280776406404415. Here's your graph:

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ANSWER: x=1.78 or x=-0.28

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