Homework Help: quadratic equation

Posted by tanya on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:34pm.

what's the positive root of the following equation
x(square)=7x+8

quadratic equation - Reiny, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:40pm
x^2 - 7x - 8 = 0
(x-8)(x+1) = 0
x = 8 or x = -1

so .....

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