document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176902>Question 176902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help.  Here is one that says solve and then find the x intercept. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2-5x-11=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When I used the quadratic equation I came up with an answer of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5+square root of 157 divided by 6 AND 5-square root of 157 divided by 6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then when I found the x intercept my answers were x=5/6 and y=-107/12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This does not seem right to me. Is it?  Thank you  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #131957 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=131957\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As you can see, the two values you get from solving the quadratic equation ARE the x intercepts. That what it means to be a 'root'\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "<TABLE  BORDER=1>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A-11=157 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A-11=157\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Discriminant d=157 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--5%2B-sqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--5%2B-sqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29%2Bsqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+2.92166068102361 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29%2Bsqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+2.92166068102361\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29-sqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+-1.25499401435694 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29-sqrt%28+157+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+-1.25499401435694\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <BR>\n" );
document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11+=+3%28x-2.92166068102361%29%2A%28x--1.25499401435694%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-11+=+3%28x-2.92166068102361%29%2A%28x--1.25499401435694%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 2.92166068102361, -1.25499401435694.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+3%2Ax%5E2%2B-5%2Ax%2B-11+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+3%2Ax%5E2%2B-5%2Ax%2B-11+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "</TABLE>\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );