# Solving 27x2+-94x+73 using the Quadratic Formula

For your equation of the form "ax2 + bx + c = 0," enter the values for a, b, and c:

 a x2 + b x + c = 0
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You entered:
27x2+-94x+73=0.

There are two real solutions: x = 2.3121203192793, and x = 1.1693611622022.

## Here's how we found that solution:

You entered the following equation:
(1)           27x2+-94x+73=0.

For any quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, one can solve for x using the following equation, which is known as the quadratic formula:
(2)

In the form above, you specified values for the variables a, b, and c. Plugging those values into Eqn. 1, we get:
(3)           $$x=--94\pm\frac{\sqrt{-94^2-4*27*73}}{2*27}$$

which simplifies to:
(4)           $$x=--94\pm\frac{\sqrt{8836-7884}}{54}$$

Now, solving for x, we find two real solutions:
$$x=\frac{--94+30.854497241083}{54}$$ = 2.3121203192793,
and
$$x=\frac{--94-30.854497241083}{54}$$ = 1.1693611622022,

Both of these solutions are real numbers.
These are the two solutions that will satisfy the quadratic equation 27x2+-94x+73=0.

### Notes

A quadratic equation is any function that takes the form:
ax2 + bx + c = 0.
\ In this equation, a, b, and c are constants. X is unknown. The constants a and b are called coefficients. Further, a cannot equal zero in the equation ax2+bx+c=0. Otherwise, the equation ceases to be a quadratic equation, and becomes a linear equation.

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Since there are always 2 solutions to a square root (one negative, one positive), solving the quadratic equation results in 2 values for x. The two solutions for x (which may be positive or negative, real or complex) are called roots. Under extraordinary circumstances, both roots may be the same, producing one solution for x.

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The quadratic formula has been known for centuries. Brahmagupta, a mathematician from India, first described the quadratic formula as a means to calculate solutions to quadratic equations in the 7th Century AD.

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