SOLUTION: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation 4x^2 - 36x = 48

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Question 108757: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation
4x^2 - 36x = 48
Answer by elima(1433)   (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=2064 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 10.1789083458003, -1.17890834580027. Here's your graph:

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