answer choice a
x^2 - 5x - 1 = 0
a=1, b=-5, and c=-1
next you plug in the numbers into the quadratic formula
-(-5) plus or minus the square root of (-5)^2 - 4(1)(-1)/ 2(1)
after you simply, you should get 5 plus or minus the square root of 29, which is answer choice a