SOLUTION: Find all solutions of the equation, and express them in the form a + bi. {{{ x^2 - 4x + 5 =0 }}}

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Question 776897: Find all solutions of the equation, and express them in the form a + bi. +x%5E2+-+4x+%2B+5+=0+
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B-4x%2B5+=+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=%28-4%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A5=-4.

The discriminant -4 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -4 is + or - sqrt%28+4%29+=+2.

The solution is x%5B12%5D+=+%28--4%2B-+i%2Asqrt%28+-4+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=++%28--4%2B-+i%2A2%29%2F2%5C1+

Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-4%2Ax%2B5+%29