document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=287661>Question 287661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve by using the quadratic formula: x2 + 7x = -3.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Set the right side of the equation to zero by adding 3 to both sides of the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The quadratic formula is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your question\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To be exact, you can leave your answer like that, with the radicals. Note that you have two answers, one for the + sign and one for the - sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to write your answers as decimals, they would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=-0.4586 or x=-6.541 </SPAN>\n" );
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