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Divide both sides by two, and this just straightforward solving a linear equation. If this looks unfamiliar, I encourage you to watch videos on solving linear equations on Khan Academy, but you'll get X is equal to 1/2 as one solution.
Use completing the square to find the roots of the quadratic equation right here. And when anyone talks about roots, this just means find the x's where y is equal to 0. That's what a root is.
Sal solves a volume problem using a quadratic equation. Skip to main content If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website.