Mathematics

Tess Meyers

9 December, 23:45

Brahmagupta solved a quadratic equation of the form ax2 + bx = c using the formula x=V

- b, which involve

2a

only one solution.

Using Brahmagupta's method, the solution to the quadratic equation x2 + 7x = 8 would be x = 1.

Using modern methods, the first step in solving the quadratic equation x2 + 7x = 8 would be to put it in standard form

by

What is the second solution?