SOLUTION: x(x+1)=14

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Question 101020: x(x+1)=14
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x(x+1)=14
x^2+x=14
x^2+x-14=0
Ed
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B1x%2B-14+=+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=%281%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-14=57.

Discriminant d=57 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28-1%2B-sqrt%28+57+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%281%29%2Bsqrt%28+57+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+3.27491721763537
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%281%29-sqrt%28+57+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-4.27491721763537

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B1x%2B-14 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B1x%2B-14+=+%28x-3.27491721763537%29%2A%28x--4.27491721763537%29
Again, the answer is: 3.27491721763537, -4.27491721763537. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B1%2Ax%2B-14+%29