SOLUTION: Determine the roots of the following quadratic equation x^2 - 14x + 45 = 0

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Question 36475: Determine the roots of the following quadratic equation
x^2 - 14x + 45 = 0
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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=16 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 9, 5. Here's your graph:
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