SOLUTION: Please help me solve with quadratic formula. 6x^2=-12x-1. Thank you. Also website/ computer malfunction.. i cannot see topics on the dragdown so the topic will be random.

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Question 439111: Please help me solve with quadratic formula. 6x^2=-12x-1. Thank you. Also website/ computer malfunction.. i cannot see topics on the dragdown so the topic will be random.
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Please help me solve with quadratic formula. 6x^2=-12x-1. Thank you. Also website/ computer malfunction.. i cannot see topics on the dragdown so the topic will be random.
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6x^2=-12x-1
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6x^2+12x+1 = 0
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x = [-12 +- sqrt(144-4*6*1)]/12
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x = [-12 +- sqrt(4*30)]/12
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x = [-1 +-(1/6)sqrt(30)]
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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