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Rounded to the nearest hundredth, what is the positive solution to the quadratic equation 0=2x2+3x-8?

Quadratic formula: x =StartFraction negative b plus or minus StartRoot b squared minus 4 a c EndRoot Over 2 a EndFraction

1.39
2.00
2.89
3.50

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the quadratic formula with a = 2, b = 3, c = −8.

Discriminant: b^2 − 4ac = 9 + 64 = 73, so
x = (−3 ± √73) / 4.

Positive root: x = (−3 + √73) / 4 ≈ 1.3860 ≈ 1.39.

Answer: 1.39.