SOLUTION: x^2=7x+10

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Question 36460: x^2=7x+10
Answer by Alwayscheerful(414) About Me  (Show Source):
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To solve a quadratic, you need to put it in standard form which is
ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0

x%5E2=7x%2B10
x%5E2-7x-10=0
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B-7x%2B-10+=+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=%28-7%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-10=89.

Discriminant d=89 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--7%2B-sqrt%28+89+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-7%29%2Bsqrt%28+89+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+8.2169905660283
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-7%29-sqrt%28+89+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-1.2169905660283

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B-7x%2B-10 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B-7x%2B-10+=+1%28x-8.2169905660283%29%2A%28x--1.2169905660283%29
Again, the answer is: 8.2169905660283, -1.2169905660283. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-7%2Ax%2B-10+%29

Hope this helps!