SOLUTION: What is the answer to 6x^2+7x-20=0

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Question 40742: What is the answer to 6x^2+7x-20=0
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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=529 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 1.33333333333333, -2.5. Here's your graph:
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