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Which expression shows the solutions to the equation 2x squared + 9x - 9 = 5?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
First rewrite: 2x^2 + 9x - 9 = 5 → 2x^2 + 9x - 14 = 0.

Using the quadratic formula, the solutions are
x = [-9 ± √(9^2 - 4·2·(-14))]/(2·2) = (-9 ± √193)/4.

(Approximately x ≈ 0.679 and x ≈ -10.329.)