SOLUTION: please help with this one. Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation: 16x^2 - 40x +5 = 0 thank you in advance

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Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation:
16x^2 - 40x +5 = 0
thank you in advance
This question is from textbook college algebra

Answer by aaaaaaaa(138)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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=1280 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 2.36803398874989, 0.131966011250105. Here's your graph:

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