SOLUTION: y squared minus 8y minus 2 equals 0

Question 920628: y squared minus 8y minus 2 equals 0
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y^2-8y-2 =0

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable

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=72 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 8.24264068711928, -0.242640687119285. Here's your graph:

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