SOLUTION: Solve for x by factoring. x^2 + 2x - 1= 0

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Question 482025: Solve for x by factoring. x^2 + 2x - 1= 0
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x^2 + 2x - 1=0
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=8 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.414213562373095, -2.41421356237309. Here's your graph:
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