Algebra.Com's Answer #115172 by Alan3354(69443)![\"\"](\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\")  
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document.write( " | Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc) | \n" );
document.write( "Quadratic equation  (in our case  ) has the following solutons:
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document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant  should not be a negative number.
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document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant :  .
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document.write( " The discriminant -20 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.
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document.write( " If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.
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document.write( " In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -20 is + or -  .
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document.write( " The solution is  , or
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document.write( " Here's your graph:
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document.write( "The onsite solver doesn't make it clear.\r
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document.write( "It's (2 +/- sqrt(5)i)/3 where i = sqrt(-1)\r
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