# Solving 72x2+72x+-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:
72x2+72x+-73=0.

There are two real solutions: x = 0.62422813026934, and x = -1.6242281302693.

## Here's how we found that solution:

You entered the following equation:
(1)           72x2+72x+-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)           $$x=-72\pm\frac{\sqrt{72^2-4*72*-73}}{2*72}$$

which simplifies to:
(4)           $$x=-72\pm\frac{\sqrt{5184--21024}}{144}$$

Now, solving for x, we find two real solutions:
$$x=\frac{-72+161.88885075878}{144}$$ = 0.62422813026934,
and
$$x=\frac{-72-161.88885075878}{144}$$ = -1.6242281302693,

Both of these solutions are real numbers.
These are the two solutions that will satisfy the quadratic equation 72x2+72x+-73=0.

### Notes

A quadratic equation is any equation
ax2 + bx + c = 0,
where x is a variable which is not known, and a, b, and c are constants. The constants a and b, are referred to as coefficients. It should be noted that a cannot equal zero. Otherwise, the equation ceases to be a quadratic equation, and becomes a linear equation.

Finding a solution to a quadratic equation may seem daunting. However, there are a number of methods for solving quadratic equations. One of the most widely used is the quadratic formula. This is the quadratic formula:

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. Rarely, both roots may be the same, meaning there will only be one solution for x.

Why do we care about qudratic equations? Quadratic equations are needed to compute answers in many real-world fields, including physics, pharmacokinetics and architecture.

As mentioned above, in the equation ax2+bx+c=0, a cannot be zero. If a were 0, then ax2 = 0x2 = 0 for any value of x, so our equation becomes 0 + bx + c = 0, which is the same as bx + c = 0, which is no longer a quadratic equation. In fact, bx + c = 0 is a linear equation, which is much simpler to solve than a quadratic equation.

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