SOLUTION: please help me I need this solved using the quadratic formula: 2x^2-4x7=0

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Question 22197: please help me I need this solved using the quadratic formula:
2x^2-4x7=0

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (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 : .

The discriminant -40 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -40 is + or - .

The solution is

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