SOLUTION: Please help me solve the equation below by factoring. Kindly show the complete solution. Thanks. 2x^2+8x-25=0

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Question 1090947: Please help me solve the equation below by factoring. Kindly show the complete solution. Thanks.
2x^2+8x-25=0
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This quadratic does not factor over the integers; you can't factor it in the usual sense.

The quadratic formula will give you the solutions as

%28-4%2B-sqrt%2866%29%29%2F2

The discriminant, 66, not being a perfect square tells you the quadratic can't be factored.