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What are the solutions of the equation 6x2 + x-1=0 ?
Answers are -1/2 and 1/3

What are the solutions of the equation 6x2 + x-1=0 ? Answers are -1/2 and 1/3-example-1
User Doug Hays
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Answer:

-½ and ⅓

Explanation:

6x²+ x - 1 = 0

6x²+3x -2x - 1 = 0

3x(2x + 1) -1(2x + 1) = 0

(3x-1)(2x + 1) = 0

3x-1 = 0 and 2x + 1 = 0

3x = 1 2x = -1

x = ⅓ x = -½

User Dpan
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Answer:

-1/2 and 1/3

Explanation:

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