Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 12 - Cumulative Review - Page 447: 21

Answer

$0.4, \ or, \ -3$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $5x^2 +13x-6 = 0$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=5, \quad b=13, \quad c=-6 .$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{-13 \pm \sqrt{13^2+4(5)(6)}}{10 }=0.4, \ or, \ -3 .$$
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