SOLUTION: Solve, x^2+18x-4=0

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Question 269540: Solve,
x^2+18x-4=0

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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=340 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.219544457292887, -18.2195444572929. Here's your graph:



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