SOLUTION: Begin with ax^2 + bx + c = 0 and derive the quadratic formula by completing the square then solve x = -2 - 3x^2 by using the quadratic formula

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: Begin with ax^2 + bx + c = 0 and derive the quadratic formula by completing the square
then solve x = -2 - 3x^2 by using the quadratic formula
This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by funmath(2933)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Begin with ax^2 + bx + c = 0 and derive the quadratic formula by completing the square













then solve x = -2 - 3x^2 by using the quadratic formula


a=3, b=1, c=2


If you aren't doing complex numbers yet, you can stop here and say that there is no real number solution. If you are, remember that the sqrt(-1)=i:

Happy Calculating!!!

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