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    Dec 5, 2007, 07:53 PM
    The quafratic formula and the discriminant
    hi I am so confued in this algebra 2 class
    we just satrted this lesson and I got the first problem which is:

    x(squared)-5x-14=0

    then when I went on to the next problem I had some trouble

    x(squared)-2x-4=0

    I messed up in this problem and for some reason then end answer was still in a fraction

    please show me how to work this problem so that I can see where I went wrong
    :confused:
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    Dec 5, 2007, 08:08 PM
    Show us what you did and we will tell you exactly where you went wrong :)
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