SOLUTION: -3x^2-5x-10=0 solve for x

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Question 545812: -3x^2-5x-10=0 solve for x
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-3x%5E2-5x-10=0
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case -3x%5E2%2B-5x%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=%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A-3%2A-10=-95.

The discriminant -95 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -95 is + or - sqrt%28+95%29+=+9.74679434480896.

The solution is

Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+-3%2Ax%5E2%2B-5%2Ax%2B-10+%29