Homework Help: math/algebra

Posted by dee on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 1:06pm.

cab someone help me? solve by quadratic formula
3x^2 - 5x = -1
I cannot come up with the -5x and get the 1 for factoring.

put it into standard form:

3x^2 -5x +1=0

a= 3 b= -5 c=1

x= (5 +- sqrt (25 -12)/6

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