# Solving 97x2+44x+-58 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:
97x2+44x+-58=0.

There are two real solutions: x = 0.57903596890156, and x = -1.0326442163242.

## Here's how we found that solution:

You entered the following equation:
(1)           97x2+44x+-58=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)           $$x=-44\pm\frac{\sqrt{44^2-4*97*-58}}{2*97}$$

which simplifies to:
(4)           $$x=-44\pm\frac{\sqrt{1936--22504}}{194}$$

Now, solving for x, we find two real solutions:
$$x=\frac{-44+156.3329779669}{194}$$ = 0.57903596890156,
and
$$x=\frac{-44-156.3329779669}{194}$$ = -1.0326442163242,

Both of these solutions are real numbers.
These are the two solutions that will satisfy the quadratic equation 97x2+44x+-58=0.

### Notes

What is a quadratic equation? Any equation that can take the form:
ax2 + bx + c = 0.
\ In this equation, x is unknown, and a, b, and c are constants. The constants a and b are called coefficients. Furthermore, it is worth pointing out that a cannot be zero.

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