Solve Using the Quadratic Formula 2x^2+7x-3=0

$2 x^{2} + 7 x - 3 = 0$

Step 1

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

$\frac{- b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4 (a c)}}{2 a}$

Step 2

Substitute the values $a = 2$ , $b = 7$ , and $c = - 3$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{7^{2} - 4 \cdot (2 \cdot - 3)}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $7$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{49 - 4 \cdot 2 \cdot - 3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 2 \cdot - 3$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{49 - 8 \cdot - 3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $- 8$ by $- 3$ .

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{49 + 24}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Add $49$ and $24$ .

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{73}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{73}}{4}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = \frac{- 7 \pm \sqrt{73}}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 0.38600093 \dots, - 3.88600093 \dots$