SOLUTION: Use the quadratic formula to solve each of the following quadratic equations. 3x^2-2x+1=0 thank you!

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Question 80241: Use the quadratic formula to solve each of the following quadratic equations.
3x^2-2x+1=0
thank you!
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 3x%5E2%2B-2x%2B1+=+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=%28-2%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A1=-8.

The discriminant -8 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 -8 is + or - sqrt%28+8%29+=+2.82842712474619.

The solution is

Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+3%2Ax%5E2%2B-2%2Ax%2B1+%29



So our solution is

x=%282%2Bi%2Asqrt%288%29%29%2F6 or x=%282-i%2Asqrt%288%29%29%2F6