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Solve: X^2 + 19x + 97 = 0

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97 is not a "nice" number that has integer factors. Thus, we must use the quadratic formula to solve this equation for x.

Here a=1; b=19; and c=97.

-19 plus or minus sqrt[(-19)^2 - 4(1)(97)]
Thus, x = ----------------------------------------------------------
2(1)

Since the discriminant is negative, this equation has complex roots of the form x=a+ib.

Finish the arithmetic in the above equation to find the actual roots/solutions.
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