SOLUTION: Identify terms for the quadratic formula 0.05b^2-45b-920 for ax^2+bx+c=0 x=-b √b^2-4ac/2a I say that a=0.05 b=-45 c=-920 This is where I am stuck... the solution is 45+&#8

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Question 878472: Identify terms for the quadratic formula 0.05b^2-45b-920 for ax^2+bx+c=0
x=-b √b^2-4ac/2a
I say that a=0.05 b=-45 c=-920
This is where I am stuck... the solution is 45+√(?)/0.1
Can someone help and give the steps to how you completed(?).

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Instead of , I'm going to write

For , we see , ,

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Use the quadratic formula to solve for x



Plug in , ,







or

or

or

or

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The two solutions are or

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