Solve Using the Quadratic Formula x^2=-11x+4

$x^{2} = - 11 x + 4$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

Add $11 x$ to both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} + 11 x = 4$

Subtract $4$ from both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} + 11 x - 4 = 0$

Step 2

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

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

Step 3

Substitute the values $a = 1$ , $b = 11$ , and $c = - 4$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{11^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 4)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $11$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{121 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 4$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{121 - 4 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 4$ .

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{121 + 16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $121$ and $16$ .

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{137}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{137}}{2}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = \frac{- 11 \pm \sqrt{137}}{2}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 0.35234995 \dots, - 11.35234995 \dots$