document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180546>Question 1180546</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the quadratic formula to determine, accurate to one decimal place, the roots, if they exist, for each quadratic relation.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) y = 2x2 + 3x + 1  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) y = x2  -  3x + 5  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) y = x2 + x  -  5  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) y =  -  9x2  -  6x + 1  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #810255 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=810255\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  2x2 + 3x + 1=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "comparing with ax^2 +bx +c =0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "using the Quadratic Formula where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2, b = 3, and c = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2-4ac=	9	+	-8			<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2-4ac=	1					<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute the values in the formula						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x1=(	-3	+	1	)/	4	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x1=	-0.5					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2=(	-3	-1	) /	4		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2=	-1					\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you know thesteps<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve the rest of them\r<BR>\n" );
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