SOLUTION: 15x2+2x-8=0

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Question 106078: 15x2+2x-8=0
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
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=484 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.666666666666667, -0.8. Here's your graph:


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