SOLUTION: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation. 0=x^2-2x-15

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Question 438123: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.
0=x^2-2x-15
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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 : .

Discriminant d=64 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 5, -3. Here's your graph:
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