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?