document.write( "Question 311576: Please help me solve this equation: It asks to find the x-intercept of the function given by: \r
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f(x)=3x^2+x-5
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\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1+-sqrt[1^1-4*3*-5])/2*3
\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1+-sqrt[1+60])/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1+-sqrt61)/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1+-7.81)/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1+7.81)/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=6.81/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=1.13 ans.
\n" ); document.write( "x=(-1-7.81)/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=-8.81/6
\n" ); document.write( "x=-1.47 ans.
\n" ); document.write( "x intercepts (1.13 & -1.47)
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