SOLUTION: Find all solutions of the equation and express them in the form a + bi. x2 − 9x + 21 = 0

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Question 735687: Find all solutions of the equation and express them in the form
a + bi.
x2 − 9x + 21 = 0
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B-9x%2B21+=+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=%28-9%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A21=-3.

The discriminant -3 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -3 is + or - sqrt%28+3%29+=+1.73205080756888.

The solution is , or
Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-9%2Ax%2B21+%29