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Did I mess up? Looking for zeros! :)

Did I mess up? Looking for zeros! :)-example-1

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Answer:

x = -2, -1 ± 6i

Explanation:

Very close!

You correctly factored it, and you plugged in the right numbers in the quadratic formula. When simplifying, you made a mistake at the end:

(-2 ± √-144) / 2

(-2 ± √144 √-1) / 2

(-2 ± 12i) / 2

-1 ± 6i

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