SOLUTION: What does it mean when you need to find the "sum" of the solutions to an equation? the equation is 8x squared + 6x + 1.
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Question 408949: What does it mean when you need to find the "sum" of the solutions to an equation? the equation is 8x squared + 6x + 1.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The same thing it means to find the sum of any set of things -- add them.
This is a quadratic equation, therefore it has two elements in its solution set (or, at worst, a single element with a multiplicity of 2). Solve the equation for its two roots and add them.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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