Question

What are the exact solution of x^2=5x+2?

Answer 1

How far did you get with this problem before getting stuck?

Answer 2

no where

Answer 3

x^2=5x+2; 0 = X^2-5*X-2
use the Quadratic formula: X = (-b ±√(b²-4ac))/(2a) = (5±√(25 +8))/(2)
positive discriminant = 33;
two real roots: X=-0.3722813232690143 and 5.372281323269014

Answer 4

If you go to http://www.wolframalpha.com and type

solve x^2=5x+2

then click "show steps" it will solve it and show you the steps.