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Can you tell me why there are two answers when there is only one variable?
Answer provided by our tutors
Indeed, there is one variable "x", but your equation "2x^2+7x+3=0" is a quadratic and quadratic equation has two solutions.
2x^2+7x+3=0
You can also solve the equation using the quadratic formula:
where a, b, and c are the coefficients of the quadratic equation.
In your case, a=2, b=7, and c=3. Plugging these values into the formula you'll also get the 2 solutions that the solver has provided:
x1 = -1/3
x2 = -3