SOLUTION: p squared+5p-5=0

Question 86228: p squared+5p-5=0
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lets solve this using the quadratic formula:

Starting with the general quadratic

the general form of the quadratic equation is:

So lets solve

Plug in a=1, b=5, and c=-5

Square 5 to get 25

Multiply to get

Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)

Simplify the square root

Multiply 2 and 1 to get 2

So now the expression breaks down into two parts

or

Which approximate to

or

So our solutions are:
or

Notice when we graph we get:

when we use the root finder feature on our calculator, we find that and .So this verifies our answer

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