document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164959>Question 164959</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 14.) Solve each equation by using the quadratic formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8q^2-2q+1=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "q=(2+-sqrt[-2^2-4*-8*1])/2*-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(2+-sqrt4+32)/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(2+-sqrt36)/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(2+-6)/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(2+6)/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(8/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=-1/2 answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=(2-6)/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=-4/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q=1/4 answer.<BR>\n" );
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