# Solving 3x2+54x+76 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:
3x2+54x+76=0.

There are two real solutions: x = -1.5389902381335, and x = -16.461009761866.

## Here's how we found that solution:

You entered the following equation:
(1)           3x2+54x+76=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)           $$x=-54\pm\frac{\sqrt{54^2-4*3*76}}{2*3}$$

which simplifies to:
(4)           $$x=-54\pm\frac{\sqrt{2916-912}}{6}$$

Now, solving for x, we find two real solutions:
$$x=\frac{-54+44.766058571199}{6}$$ = -1.5389902381335,
and
$$x=\frac{-54-44.766058571199}{6}$$ = -16.461009761866,

Both of these solutions are real numbers.
These are the two solutions that will satisfy the quadratic equation 3x2+54x+76=0.

### Notes

A quadratic equation is any function that takes the form:
ax2 + bx + c = 0.
\ In this equation, x is a variable which is not known. A, b, and c are constants. A and b are called coefficients. It should be noted that a cannot equal to zero in the equation ax2+bx+c=0.

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