SOLUTION: Use complete sentences to explain how you would use graphing technology to find the solutions of 0 = {{{

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Question 616578: Use complete sentences to explain how you would use graphing technology to find the solutions of
0 = .
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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I would not use graphing technology to find the solutions of . That is because you cannot find the solutions of the given equation using graphing technology. The solutions of the given equation are a conjugate pair of irrational numbers. The best you can do with graphing technology is to determine a numerical approximation of the desired roots. The quadratic formula or completing the square are the only two techniques that provide the exact solutions, namely:

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SOLUTION: Use complete sentences to explain how you would use graphing technology to find the solutions of 0 = {{{ - x^2 + 2.5x + 1 }}}.