need help finishing up this quadratic equation!

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anonymous · Answer

$$-7y ^{2}+4y-2=0$$

anonymous · Answer

I am at $$-4 + or - \sqrt{-40} \over -14$$  Any one able to help me with where to go from here? and whether this is correct or not?

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't look right since you suppose to have a real number. Can you please show us the original function.

anonymous · Answer

I checked it and it's right. The only thing I can see to do is that radical... It would come out as 2 times the root of ten.

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would the 2 and 10 be positive or negative?

anonymous · Answer

sorry, 2i times the root of ten (:

anonymous · Answer

okk awesome. Thanks. is the denominator positive 14 then? so my 2 answers would be, $$-4+ or - \sqrt{2i} over 14$$ and the second answer would be the same, except root 10 instead of 2?

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sorry, I just am not sure exactly what the answer should look like, i have to answer it in an online assignment and i wanna make sure to get the right format

anonymous · Answer

$$-4 + or -  2i \sqrt{10}\over -14$$

anonymous · Answer

sorry it took so long. But this counts as two answers since it's + or - as well.

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that's ok. thanks!

anonymous · Answer

yup :D

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and are they non real?

anonymous · Answer

since theres a negative number i assume so

anonymous · Answer

i'm not quite sure but i'd say since there's an imaginary number in there, it's nonreal.