Find roots of polynomial $$ p(x) = x^2-x-\frac{79}{4} $$
Answer
The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 4.9721\\[1 em]x_2 &= -3.9721 \end{aligned} $$Explanation
Step 1:
Get rid of fractions by multipling equation by $ \color{blue}{ 4 } $.
$$ \begin{aligned} x^2-x-\frac{79}{4} & = 0 ~~~ / \cdot \color{blue}{ 4 } \\[1 em] 4x^2-4x-79 & = 0 \end{aligned} $$Step 2:
The solutions of $ 4x^2-4x-79 = 0 $ are: $ x = \dfrac{ 1 }{ 2 }-2 \sqrt{ 5 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = \dfrac{ 1 }{ 2 }+2 \sqrt{ 5 }$.
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