SOLUTION: use the quadratic formula to solve this equation 2x^2-3x=-7

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Question 263183: use the quadratic formula to solve this equation
2x^2-3x=-7
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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step 1 - set = 0 as follows:
2x%5E2-3x+%2B+7+=+0
step 2 - using quadratic formula, we get
x+=+%283+%2B-+sqrt%289-4%2A2%2A7+%29%29%2F%284%29
and then
x+=+%283+%2B-+sqrt%28-47%29%29%2F%284%29
which gives us the following imaginary roots:
x+=+%283+%2B-+isqrt%2847%29%29%2F%284%29