document.write( "Question 136609: Solve the following equation for X by using the quadratic formula.\r
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The quadratic formula gives the solutions to any equation of the form $\"ax%5E2%2Bby%2Bc=0\"$ . Take the coefficient values from your equation and put them into the formula:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then do the arithmetic. Generally, when you are just solving an equation that is not part of a word problem involving measurements, you leave the answer in radical form (unless the radical turns out to be a perfect square). Just remember to take the square root of any perfect square factors of the number under the radical. For example, if you had $\"sqrt%2850%29\"$ , that is the same as $\"sqrt%2825%2A2%29=sqrt%2825%29sqrt%282%29=5sqrt%282%29\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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