SOLUTION: 4x^2 - 12x - 11 = 0

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Question 323606: 4x^2 - 12x - 11 = 0
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 4x%5E2%2B-12x%2B-11+=+0) has the following solutons:

x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant b%5E2-4ac should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant b%5E2-4ac: b%5E2-4ac=%28-12%29%5E2-4%2A4%2A-11=320.

Discriminant d=320 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--12%2B-sqrt%28+320+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-12%29%2Bsqrt%28+320+%29%29%2F2%5C4+=+3.73606797749979
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-12%29-sqrt%28+320+%29%29%2F2%5C4+=+-0.73606797749979

Quadratic expression 4x%5E2%2B-12x%2B-11 can be factored:
4x%5E2%2B-12x%2B-11+=+4%28x-3.73606797749979%29%2A%28x--0.73606797749979%29
Again, the answer is: 3.73606797749979, -0.73606797749979. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+4%2Ax%5E2%2B-12%2Ax%2B-11+%29