Question 148758
A "quadratic" equation comes in the standard form of:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
where a,b, and c are the coefficients.
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What they are asking you to do is plug it into the "quadratic formula" and solve for solutions of 'x'.
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In your problem, the coefficients are:
a = 1, b = 8, c = 15
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solutions: -3 and -5
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Details below:
*[invoke quadratic "x", 1, 8, 15 ]