How do you solve using the quadratic formula #5 - 10x - 3x^2 = 0#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-12T20:57:34

A quadratic equation is written in the form:
#ax^2 + bx + c = 0#

The given equation #5-10x-3x^2=0# can be rewritten as #-3x^2-10x+5=0#

Where:
#a=-3#
#b=-10#
#c=5#

The quadratic formula can be used to find the roots of any quadratic equation.

#x= (-b+- sqrt(b^2-4ac))/(2a)#

So I encourage you to plug in the values from this equation and simplify.

The answers should be #x = -3.77485 and x= 0.441518#