document.write( "Question 734966: What is the answer for the equation 6x^2-x-1
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there is no equation. Equations have equal signs. Do you see an equal sign?
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation \"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"6x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A6%2A-1=25\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=25 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--1%2B-sqrt%28+25+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29%2Bsqrt%28+25+%29%29%2F2%5C6+=+0.5\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29-sqrt%28+25+%29%29%2F2%5C6+=+-0.333333333333333\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"6x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"6x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+%28x-0.5%29%2A%28x--0.333333333333333%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 0.5, -0.333333333333333.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
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