Solve Using the Quadratic Formula 5x^2+8x-69=0

$5 x^{2} + 8 x - 69 = 0$

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 $a = 5$ , $b = 8$ , and $c = - 69$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{8^{2} - 4 \cdot (5 \cdot - 69)}}{2 \cdot 5}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $8$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{64 - 4 \cdot 5 \cdot - 69}}{2 \cdot 5}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 5 \cdot - 69$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $5$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{64 - 20 \cdot - 69}}{2 \cdot 5}$

Multiply $- 20$ by $- 69$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{64 + 1380}}{2 \cdot 5}$

Add $64$ and $1380$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{1444}}{2 \cdot 5}$

Rewrite $1444$ as $38^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm \sqrt{38^{2}}}{2 \cdot 5}$

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

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm 38}{2 \cdot 5}$

Multiply $2$ by $5$ .

$x = \frac{- 8 \pm 38}{10}$

Simplify $\frac{- 8 \pm 38}{10}$ .

$x = \frac{- 4 \pm 19}{5}$

Step 4

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 3, - \frac{23}{5}$