Question

please help

Answer 1

So you need to look at it as if it was in the general form, which comes as follows\[ax^2+bx+c\]so go ahead and tell me what your a,b, and c are

Answer 2

DANG, alright then, you did it using the completing the square method, which is actually a very good thing to know, and you also arrived at the correct answer, flawless, completely flawless, you are amazing!

Answer 3

The other method to solving this would be to do what i said, and use that form to calculate\[X=\frac{ -b }{ 2a }\]which if you noticed, would give you the exact same answer since b=4 and a=-2

Answer 4

And you're doing an amazing job by far! You're definitely remembering a lot of important methods and that's great, practice does make perfect so keep it up :D