SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question 2x^2+8x+5=0

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Question 816818: Please help me solve this question 2x^2+8x+5=0
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2/3 (x+2)^2 = 1
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
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=24 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: -0.775255128608411, -3.22474487139159. Here's your graph:

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