SOLUTION: i need help solving these quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. 2x^2 - 5x = 3 3x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0 i am trying to solve for x 2(x-5)^2 = 3 and this queston also i

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Question 107049: i need help solving these quadratic equations using the quadratic formula.
2x^2 - 5x = 3
3x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0
i am trying to solve for x
2(x-5)^2 = 3
and this queston also i have been trying to figure these out fo an hour.
x^2 + 4x + 4 = 7

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You must get them in the standard form of ax^2+bx+c=0.
2x^2 - 5x = 3
2x^2-5x-3=0
a=2, b=-5, c=-3
.
2(x-5)^2 = 3
2(x^2-10x+25)=3
2x^2-20x+50-3=0
2x^2-20x+47=0
.
x^2 + 4x + 4 = 7
x^2+4x-3=0
.
I'll do two and you can do the rest.
Ed
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 2x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-3+=+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=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-3=49.

Discriminant d=49 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--5%2B-sqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29%2Bsqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+3
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-5%29-sqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-0.5

Quadratic expression 2x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-3 can be factored:
2x%5E2%2B-5x%2B-3+=+%28x-3%29%2A%28x--0.5%29
Again, the answer is: 3, -0.5. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B-5%2Ax%2B-3+%29

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 2x%5E2%2B-20x%2B50+=+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=%28-20%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A50=0.

Discriminant d=0 is zero! That means that there is only one solution: x+=+%28-%28-20%29%29%2F2%5C2.
Expression can be factored: 2x%5E2%2B-20x%2B50+=+%28x-5%29%2A%28x-5%29

Again, the answer is: 5, 5. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B-20%2Ax%2B50+%29