SOLUTION: I need help with the following question. My book does not have any examples or show any thing on this type of questions. [] is supposed to be a staight line up and down but I do

Question 94447: I need help with the following question. My book does not have any examples or show any thing on this type of questions. [] is supposed to be a staight line up and down but I do not know how to due it.
Solve the absolute value equation or indication the equation has no solution. The answers are in solution sets with square roots in them
[2x^2-x-1]=3

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Solve the absolute value equation or indication the equation has no solution. The answers are in solution sets with square roots in them:
|2x^2 - x - 1| = 3; vertical lines are uppercase back-slash on my keyboard
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We have two quadratic equation to solve
2x^2 - x - 1 = +3
2x^2 - x - 1 - 3 = 0
2x^2 - x - 4 = 0
and
2x^2 - x - 1 = -3
2x^2 - x - 1 + 3 = 0
2x^2 - x + 2 = 0
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The first one can be solved using the quadratic formula:
a = 2; b = -1; c = -4
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Two solutions:

and

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The 2nd equation: 2x^2 - x + 2; has no real roots. We can see that by looking
at the discriminant: b^2 - 4*a*c. In this equation: a=2, b=-1, c=+2 so we have:
-1^2 - 4*2*2 = 1 - 16 = -15
Remember the discriminant rules. Less than 0, no real roots.
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