SOLUTION: 3x^2-6x=1

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Question 444288: 3x^2-6x=1
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 3x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-1+=+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=%28-6%29%5E2-4%2A3%2A-1=48.

Discriminant d=48 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--6%2B-sqrt%28+48+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29%2Bsqrt%28+48+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+2.15470053837925
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29-sqrt%28+48+%29%29%2F2%5C3+=+-0.154700538379251

Quadratic expression 3x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-1 can be factored:
3x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-1+=+3%28x-2.15470053837925%29%2A%28x--0.154700538379251%29
Again, the answer is: 2.15470053837925, -0.154700538379251. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+3%2Ax%5E2%2B-6%2Ax%2B-1+%29