Question 526923: how to solve this equation: 
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Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Did you mean  ?
If that's what you meant,
My previous solution was all wrong. I apologize.
so writing the equation as
and then adding 1 to both sides you get
you realize that the only solutions are imaginary numbers.
There are no real number solutions.
Unless you are studying complex numbers, you would say there are no solutions.
In general, quadratic equations like
can always be worked on by using the quadratic formula
If  , there are no real number solutions
Other ways to solve quadratic equations is by "completing the square" and by factoring. Graphing can also help.
Completing the square is what I did at the top; I looked for an ending to
that would make it a perfect square.
It is the same as using the quadratic formula, except you do not need to remember the formula to use the "complete the square" trick.
Factoring to find
(x+?)(x+??) is based on the fact that if the ??? are a and b
You look for pairs of factors of the independent term, and figure out which pair of factors adds up to the coefficient for the term in x.
For example, for
the independent term is 8, which is the product of 1 and 8, or -1 and -8, or 2 and 4, or -2 and -4.
Which of those pairs adds up to the -6 in the term -6x?
If you say -2 and -4, you try them and if you get
you've found the factoring of
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