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

$x^{2} + 9 = 0$

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 $a = 1$ , $b = 0$ , and $c = 9$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot 9)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 9}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 9$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 4 \cdot 9}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $9$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Subtract $36$ from $0$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{- 36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $- 36$ as $- 1 (36)$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{- 1 \cdot 36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1 (36)}$ as $\sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{36}$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1}$ as $i$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $36$ as $6^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{6^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

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

$x = \frac{0 \pm i \cdot 6}{2 \cdot 1}$

Move $6$ to the left of $i$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm 6 i}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm 6 i}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{0 \pm 6 i}{2}$ .

$x = \pm 3 i$