SOLUTION: solve the equation x squared minus 8x plus 25 = 0

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Question 241667: solve the equation x squared minus 8x plus 25 = 0
Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the quadratic equation. This URL has a nice tool to do that
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/quadratic.solver

I used that to get this
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 -36 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 -36 is + or - .

The solution is

Here's your graph:


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