If your car gets 22 miles per gallon, how much does it cost to drive 440 miles when gasoline costs $3.00 per gallon?
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x = ±
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rearrange the equation and equate to zero
2x² - 6x = - 5 ⇒ 2x² - 6x + 5 = 0
this doesn't factor with integers, hence use the quadratic formula to solve
with a = 2, b = - 6 and c = 5
x = (6 ± √(36 - 40 ) )/4
= (6 ± √(-4) ) / 4
= (6 ± 2i ) / 4
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