document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=139225>Question 139225</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618558829/algebrahomeworkh>McDougal Littell Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I cannot understand how to solve the quadratic equation: -1+3x^2=2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to use the quadratic formula. My teacher wants us to leave it under the radical symbol if it is not a perfect square. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^2-2x-1=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=(2+-sqrt[-2^2-4*3*-1])/2*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2+-sqrt[4+12])/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2+-sqrt16)/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2+-4)/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2+4)/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1 answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2-4)/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-2/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-1/3 answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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