SOLUTION: What are the solutions of 3x2 + 6x + 6 = 0?

Question 470961: What are the solutions of 3x2 + 6x + 6 = 0?

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solved by pluggable solver: Quadratic Formula

Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:

Starting with the general quadratic

the general solution using the quadratic equation is:

So lets solve ( notice , , and )

Plug in a=3, b=6, and c=6

Square 6 to get 36

Multiply to get

Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)

Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)

Multiply 2 and 3 to get 6

After simplifying, the quadratic has roots of

or

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