# Solving 59x2+82x+65 using the Quadratic Formula

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You entered:
59x2+82x+65=0.

There are no solutions in the real number domain.
There are two complex solutions: x = -0.69491525423729 + 0.78663060243202i, and x = -0.69491525423729 - 0.78663060243202i,
where i is the imaginary unit.

## Here's how we found that solution:

You entered the following equation:
(1)           59x2+82x+65=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)           $$x=-82\pm\frac{\sqrt{82^2-4*59*65}}{2*59}$$

which simplifies to:
(4)           $$x=-82\pm\frac{\sqrt{6724-15340}}{118}$$

Now, note that b2-4ac is a negative number. Specifically in our case, 6724 - 15340 = -8616.
(5)           $$x=-82\pm\frac{\sqrt{-8616}}{118}$$

This means that our solution will require finding the square root of a negative number. There is no real number solution for this, so our solution will be a complex number (that is, it will involve the imaginary number i, defined as the square root of -1.).
Let's calculate the square root:
(6)           $$x=-82\pm\frac{92.822411086978i}{118}$$

This equation further simplifies to:
(7)           $$x=-\frac{-82}{118}\pm0.78663060243202i$$

Solving for x, we find two solutions which are both complex numbers:
x = -0.69491525423729 + 0.78663060243202i
and
x = -0.69491525423729 - 0.78663060243202i

Both of these solutions are complex numbers.
These are the two solutions that will satisfy the equation 59x2+82x+65=0.

### Notes

A quadratic equation is an equation that has the form:
ax2 + bx + c = 0,
where x is an unknown. A, b, and c are constants. A and b are referred to as coefficients. Furthermore, it should be noted that a cannot be equal to 0.

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