SOLUTION: please help...find the root(s) of the equation using the expression x=-b/2a to find the axis of symmetry.then graph. y=x^2-x-2 thanks

Question 141046: please help...find the root(s) of the equation using the expression x=-b/2a to find the axis of symmetry.then graph.
y=x^2-x-2 thanks
Answer by smarty1994(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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=9 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 2, -1. Here's your graph:

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