SOLUTION: whats the answer to x2=8x+2 using the quadratic formula

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Question 611369: whats the answer to x2=8x+2 using the quadratic formula
Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Whether you use the Quadratic formula or factoring, you want one side of the quadratic equation to be a zero. Subtracting 8x and 2 from each side we get:

Now we can use the quadratic formula:

Simplifying:










So the solutions to your equation are:
or

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