Hope this helps you :), this qn is tedious so i might make careless mistakes. Best to check with your licensed tutor or your school teacher :)
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The standard form of quadratic equation is
where a,b and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0.
Answer:
-9, -5, -4.1, -4

Step-by-step explanation:
I think what you're missing here is that there is a negative sign in front of the q. This means that whatever number you put in for q will be multiplied by negative 1. Positive numbers will become negative, and negative numbers will become positive.
If you substitute 9 for q you will get
, which is clearly not true, because -9 is way less than 4.
For writing the equation you divide both sides by -1. When you do this however, you must flip the inequality sign

the > sign turned into <, and the q and 4 switched signs.
Since E is the midpoint, DE and EF are the same length.
Set the equation DE and EF equal to each other and solve for x.
2x + 4 = 3x - 1
x = 5
Then plug in 5 to find the length.
DE = 2(5) + 4 = 14
EF = 3(5) - 1 = 14
DF = DE + EF = 28