Solve Using the Quadratic Formula 2x^2-9x+4=0

$2 x^{2} - 9 x + 4 = 0$

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 $a = 2$ , $b = - 9$ , and $c = 4$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{9 \pm \sqrt{{(- 9)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (2 \cdot 4)}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 9$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm \sqrt{81 - 4 \cdot 2 \cdot 4}}{2 \cdot 2}$

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

Multiply $- 4$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm \sqrt{81 - 8 \cdot 4}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $- 8$ by $4$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm \sqrt{81 - 32}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Subtract $32$ from $81$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm \sqrt{49}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite $49$ as $7^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm \sqrt{7^{2}}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x = \frac{9 \pm 7}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{9 \pm 7}{4}$

Step 4

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 4, \frac{1}{2}$