SOLUTION: solve x^2+6x-4=0

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Question 476345: solve
x^2+6x-4=0
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x2+6x-4=0
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B6x%2B-4+=+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=%286%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-4=52.

Discriminant d=52 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28-6%2B-sqrt%28+52+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%286%29%2Bsqrt%28+52+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+0.605551275463989
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%286%29-sqrt%28+52+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-6.60555127546399

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B6x%2B-4 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B6x%2B-4+=+1%28x-0.605551275463989%29%2A%28x--6.60555127546399%29
Again, the answer is: 0.605551275463989, -6.60555127546399. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B6%2Ax%2B-4+%29