SOLUTION: Consider any unknown real number such that the square of the number decreased by eight times the number is negative three. Find the exact value of the numbers

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Question 425120: Consider any unknown real number such that the square of the number decreased by eight times the number is negative three. Find the exact value of the numbers
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Consider any unknown real number such that the square of the number decreased by eight times the number is negative three. Find the exact value of the numbers
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Let the number be "x":
Equation:
x^2-8x= -3
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x^2-8x+3 = 0
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x = [8 +- sqrt(64-4*3)]/2
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x = [8 +- sqrt(52)]/2
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x = 4+sqrt(13) or x = 4-sqrt(13)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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