## octoberroo one year ago PLZ HELP FOR MEDALS Solve x2 - 3x = -8

1. pooja195

Are we supposed to use the quadratic formula?

2. pooja195

Or factoring...? What do the directions say?

3. anonymous

4. pooja195

@EllenJaz17 its better to guide the user rather than do the work for them

5. octoberroo

3+-i sqrt29 x= --------- 2 3+-i sqrt23 x= --------- 2 -3+-i sqrt29 x= --------- 2 -3+-i sqrt23 x= --------- 2

6. octoberroo

7. pooja195

Are you fimilar with this equation? $\huge~\rm~ax^2+bx+c=0$

8. anonymous

9. octoberroo

i just want to know the answer honestly

10. octoberroo

thank you<3

11. pooja195

Congrats for not learning anything.

12. SolomonZelman

when the equation is $$\LARGE\color{black}{ \color{blue}{a} x^2+ \color{magenta}{b}x+ \color{red}{c}=0 }$$. then, x solutions go by the following formula: $$\bbox[8pt, lightyellow ,border:8px solid black]{\huge \huge{x=~} \huge{ \frac{-\color{magenta}{b} \pm\sqrt{ \color{magenta}{b} ^2-4 \color{blue}{a} \color{red}{c}}}{2 \color{blue}{a}} } ~ }$$

13. SolomonZelman

you just need to add 8 to both sides, and to identify your abc.