SOLUTION: x^3+2x^2-3x=0

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Question 277874: x^3+2x^2-3x=0
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x^3+2x^2-3x=0
x*(x^2+2x-3)=0
x*(x-1)*(x+3)=0
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B2x%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=%282%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-3=16.

Discriminant d=16 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28-2%2B-sqrt%28+16+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%282%29%2Bsqrt%28+16+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+1
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%282%29-sqrt%28+16+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-3

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B2x%2B-3 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B2x%2B-3+=+1%28x-1%29%2A%28x--3%29
Again, the answer is: 1, -3. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B2%2Ax%2B-3+%29