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Joyce is trying to solve the equation y = x2 − 8x + 7 using the quadratic formula. She has made an error in one of the steps below. Find the step where Joyce went wrong.

Step 1: x equals negative 8 plus or minus the square root of the quantity eight squared minus four times one times seven, end quantity, all over two times one.

Step 2: x equals negative 8 plus or minus the square root of sixty-four minus twenty-eight all over two times one.

Step 3: x equals negative 8 plus or minus the square root of thirty-six all over two times one.

Step 4: x equals negative 8 plus or minus six all over two.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4

Answer 1

Its step 1  because  it is negative(negative 8) :-   that is plus 8