SOLUTION: Please solve this problem ASAP. I have a test tomorrow and I am doing extra practice to prepare. I completed this problem, but I am unsure if I did it correctly. Thanks in advance

Question 746927: Please solve this problem ASAP. I have a test tomorrow and I am doing extra practice to prepare. I completed this problem, but I am unsure if I did it correctly. Thanks in advance for helping me. Complete the square of the following problem: 2x^2 - 4x - 3 = 0
I got the answer: x = 1 +/- sqrt5/2
*+/- = positive negative
*sqrt = square root
Thanks again in advance.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, josmiceli:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Take 1/2 of the co-efficient of x,
square it and add it to both sides

Take the square root of both sides

and also,

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I think you were correct
You can plug these answers back into the
original equation as a check- I'll leave it to you.

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