SOLUTION: Solve by using the quadratic formula: x2 + 7x = -3.

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Question 287661: Solve by using the quadratic formula: x2 + 7x = -3.
Answer by texttutoring(324)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Set the right side of the equation to zero by adding 3 to both sides of the equation:

The quadratic formula is:


In your question
a=1
b=7
c=3




To be exact, you can leave your answer like that, with the radicals. Note that you have two answers, one for the + sign and one for the - sign.

If you want to write your answers as decimals, they would be:

x=-0.4586 or x=-6.541

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