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Question 384631: I have having problems with quadratic equations. can someone help step by step?
x^2+6x-1=5
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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x^2+6x-1=5
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-5 -5
x^2+6x-6=0
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since the factors are not integers we use quadratic formula
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a=1,b=6,c=-6
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Discriminant b^2-4ac = 60
x=%28b%2B-sqrt%28b%5E2-4ac%29%29%2F2a
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x1=%28b%2Bsqrt%28b%5E2-4ac%29%29%2F2a
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x1=%28-6%2Bsqrt%2860%29%29%2F2
x1=0.872
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x2=%28-6-sqrt%2860%29%29%2F2
x2=-6.872
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%28highlight%28x1=0.872x2=-6.872%29%29
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