SOLUTION: 5x^2-4x+2=0 use the quadratic formula to solve the following quadratic equation. simplify you answer

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Question 378182: 5x^2-4x+2=0
use the quadratic formula to solve the following quadratic equation. simplify you answer
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5x^2-4x+2=0
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
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 -24 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 -24 is + or - .

The solution is , or
Here's your graph:

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x = (2 ± i*sqrt(6))/5
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