x = (-5 +/-�ã85)/10
do you mean -0.5 or -5
is this right?
solve by using the quadratic formula:
5x^2+5x=3
i get:
x= -0.5 (+/-)((sqrt(85)/(5))
check up on your proper use of the formula
I got x = (-5 +/-√85)/10
which, if you want to separate it into two terms is
1/2 +/- √85/10 (you had /5)
some of your teachers might consider it "bad form" to give an answer partially in decimals and partially in fractions
Choose either one or the other.