Question

How do you use quadratic formula to solve `3x^2 - 8x + 5 = 0`?

Answer 1

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

The given equation `3x^2-8x+5=0`
Where:
`a=3`
`b=-8`
`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 = 1 and x= 5/3`