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OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^2+5x+4=0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-5+-square root of -23/6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh let me check

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no no zeros

OpenStudy (anonymous):

here \[b^2-4ac=-23\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh i see you wrote \[\frac{-5\pm\sqrt{-23}}{6}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got the answer correct it was 5+-i square root of 23/9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok fine if you are working with complex numbers this is ok. for real numbers no such thing as \[\sqrt{-23}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes that is right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oops /6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so i got another problem 1/8y^2+y+2=0 so i multiplied by 8 and got y^2+8y+16=0 now when i complete the square i for (y+4)^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you get \[(y+4)^2=-16+16=0\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

which is another way of saying \[x^2+8x+16\] is a perfect square and so \[x^2+8x+16=0\] \[(x+4)^2=0\] \[x=-4\]

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