SOLUTION: I am supposed to give exact solutions and approximate solutions to three decimal places: x^2 + 5x - 3 = 0 Can you please help me on this one, I am lost.

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Question 232807: I am supposed to give exact solutions and approximate solutions to three decimal places:
x^2 + 5x - 3 = 0
Can you please help me on this one, I am lost.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x^2 + 5x - 3 = 0
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B5x%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=%285%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-3=37.

Discriminant d=37 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28-5%2B-sqrt%28+37+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%285%29%2Bsqrt%28+37+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+0.54138126514911
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%285%29-sqrt%28+37+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-5.54138126514911

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B5x%2B-3 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B5x%2B-3+=+%28x-0.54138126514911%29%2A%28x--5.54138126514911%29
Again, the answer is: 0.54138126514911, -5.54138126514911. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B5%2Ax%2B-3+%29