SOLUTION: x^2+2x=-3

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Question 922652: x^2+2x=-3
Answer by srinivas.g(540) About Me  (Show Source):
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+x%5E2+%2B2x=-3
move -3 to the left
+x%5E2+%2B2x%2B3=0
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B2x%2B3+=+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%2A3=-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+1%2Ax%5E2%2B2%2Ax%2B3+%29