SOLUTION: Find all the solutions to x^2 + 6x + 13 = -5x^2 - 17x - 18.

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Question 1209256: Find all the solutions to x^2 + 6x + 13 = -5x^2 - 17x - 18.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, mccravyedwin:
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Reduce to the standard form quadratic equation.

Then apply the quadratic formula to find all its roots.


On solving quadratic equations using the quadratic formula,  see the lessons
    - Introduction into Quadratic Equations
    - PROOF of quadratic formula by completing the square
in this site.




Answer by mccravyedwin(407)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!











The square root of a negative number is imaginary, and is
i times the square root of its opposite



So there are two complex imaginary solutions:

 and 

Edwin
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