SOLUTION: Please help....I do not understand this at all!!!! Solve for x: 2h^2-h-3=0 and Solve for x: 2w(4w+1)=1 Thanks!

Question 401347: Please help....I do not understand this at all!!!!
Solve for x: 2h^2-h-3=0
and
Solve for x: 2w(4w+1)=1
Thanks!
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I believe you want to solve for h and w, not x.

In both problems, use the quadratic formula. The quadratic formula says that the roots of a polynomial are . However for the second problem you'll have to expand, and subtract 1 from both sides before applying the formula.
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