SOLUTION: Please explain me to solve the equations of the type x^2-2*square root of 5*x+3 without using quadratic formula.

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Hi, 

Solving by completing the Square:

 

  

   

         = ± 2

             x =  + 2 = 4.236

             x =  - 2 =  .236