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(-2x+1)*(-2x-7)=0

(-2x+1)*(-2x-7)=0 equation

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(-2*x + 1)*(-2*x - 7) = 0
$$\left(1 - 2 x\right) \left(- 2 x - 7\right) = 0$$
Detail solution
Expand the expression in the equation
$$\left(1 - 2 x\right) \left(- 2 x - 7\right) = 0$$
We get the quadratic equation
$$4 x^{2} + 12 x - 7 = 0$$
This equation is of the form
a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0

A quadratic equation can be solved
using the discriminant.
The roots of the quadratic equation:
$$x_{1} = \frac{\sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
$$x_{2} = \frac{- \sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
where D = b^2 - 4*a*c - it is the discriminant.
Because
$$a = 4$$
$$b = 12$$
$$c = -7$$
, then
D = b^2 - 4 * a * c = 

(12)^2 - 4 * (4) * (-7) = 256

Because D > 0, then the equation has two roots.
x1 = (-b + sqrt(D)) / (2*a)

x2 = (-b - sqrt(D)) / (2*a)

or
$$x_{1} = \frac{1}{2}$$
$$x_{2} = - \frac{7}{2}$$
The graph
Sum and product of roots [src]
sum
-7/2 + 1/2
$$- \frac{7}{2} + \frac{1}{2}$$
=
-3
$$-3$$
product
-7 
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2*2
$$- \frac{7}{4}$$
=
-7/4
$$- \frac{7}{4}$$
-7/4
Rapid solution [src]
x1 = -7/2
$$x_{1} = - \frac{7}{2}$$
x2 = 1/2
$$x_{2} = \frac{1}{2}$$
x2 = 1/2
Numerical answer [src]
x1 = 0.5
x2 = -3.5
x2 = -3.5
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(-2x+1)*(-2x-7)=0 equation