SOLUTION: Use the quadratic formula to solve the following equations x^2 + 7x + 6 = 0

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Question 101014: Use the quadratic formula to solve the following equations
x^2 + 7x + 6 = 0

Answer by doukungfoo(195)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First here is the quadratic formula:

The standard form of a quadratic equation is

So we are going to use the quadratic formula to solve

a in our problem is 1
b in our problem is 7
c in our problem is 6
so first fill in these numbers for a, b, and c




at this point lets split the equations in to two seperate equations
we are doing this because of the +- in front of the square root
so now we have this:
AND
AND
AND
AND
So the solutions for x are -1 AND -6
check both in the original equation




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The both work so we can be sure we have solved the equation correctly.




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