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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Quadratic Equations (FREE) Get help from our free tutors ===> Algebra.Com stats: 2013 tutors, 419631 problems solved View all solved problems on Quadratic_Equations -- maybe yours has been solved already! Become a registered tutor (FREE) to answer students' questions. If you need immediate math help from PAID TUTORS right now, click here. (paid link) Click here to see problems AND answers on one page Question 1309: use i notation to express any nonreal complex numbers. How do I go about getting this answer? I don't understand this stuff! Thanks in advance 2x^2 – 6x + 1 = 0 Click here to see answer by JamieL38(6)   Question 1320: y=-5xsquared Click here to see answer by smartdude17(30)   Question 1344: I have bean asked to consider in detail the question x2 =-5x-6 I know how to solve the equation, however I have a feeling I could be asked why you put it equal to zero? Could you please tell me the reason along with any answers to any other questions you think I may be asked.?It's for an interview for teacher training. Thankyou Click here to see answer by abhinav75(8)   Question 1443: y = -3x(squared) I need to find out the vertex, roots, if opens upward or downward, different points in order to graph parabola, and using the quadratic equation for something. Click here to see answer by AnlytcPhil(1276)   Question 1282: i dont understand how you can turn this into a quadratic equation, The sum of the squares of three consecutive integers is 434. Find the integers. Help please. - Alex Click here to see answer by usyim88hk(157)   Question 1274: SOLVE 2Y^2-3Y+5=0 Click here to see answer by usyim88hk(157)   Question 1449: 2x^2+5x+3=0 Click here to see answer by jennyxnguyen(2)   Question 1515: I'm having a problem solving 7x^2 = 84 or 7xsquared =84 thank you Click here to see answer by jose.sanchez740@dolphin.csuci.edu(1)   Question 1512: I am having problems with the quatratic formula. My problem is -x^2-3x+5=0 The solution I came out with does not look correct. Please help! Click here to see answer by usyim88hk(157)   Question 1510: Can you show me step by step on how to work or solve a quadratic formula problem like, 25x^2+4=-20x ? 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Is there another shape that would be more efficient (higher area to perimeter ratio?) Click here to see answer by khwang(438)   Question 1672: 2-part question on quadratic equations in intermediate algebra: A quadratic equaation can have zero, one or two solutions (zeroes) in the study of quadratic formulas and the discriminant. 1. What about an equation of order 3 like: ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=0 2. What is the minimum number of solutions or zeroes? What is the maximum? Can there be two? Click here to see answer by khwang(438)   Question 1695: -10x^2+11x+24=20 Click here to see answer by smartdude17(30)   Question 1711: Quadratic_Equations/1699: Using the quadratic formula for x in the equation 2x^2=11x-9 results in which of the following values: A. -9/2 or 1 B. 9/2 or -1 C. 9/2 or 1 D. -9/2 or -1 Thanks for any help you can give me on this question!! 1 solutions Answer 553 by smartdude17(3) on 2005-05-07 13:43:30: When you do all the work, it comes to the answer C. 9/2 and 1. 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This is one question with three parts: A. Write the function y=3(x-2)^2+6 in the form of Y=ax^2 +bx+c, and find the vertex of the parabola using the formula x=-b/2a B. Repeat part (a) with the functions y=-4((x-5)^2-9 and y=3(x+2)^2-6. C. What is the vertex for a parabola that is written in the form y=a(x-h)^2+k? Explain your answer. Click here to see answer by longjonsilver(2297)   Question 1760: I need to come up with the general equation of a quadratic function for the following word problem. Can you help me get started please? A large awning is being designed for a hotel entrance and drive. The roof is to be a section of a parabola, with the vertex attached to the hotel wall 16 feet abve the ground, and supported by 10 foot wall posts that are 12 feet away from the hotel wall. Come up with a general eqaution of a quadratic function that would model the roof of the awning. Thanks for ANY help. I'm completely stuck on how to go about this problem algebraically. 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