7x-8=-x^2-x+40

Solution for 7x-8=-x^2-x+40 equation:

7x-8=-x^2-x+40

We move all terms to the left:

7x-8-(-x^2-x+40)=0

We get rid of parentheses

x^2+x+7x-40-8=0

We add all the numbers together, and all the variables

x^2+8x-48=0

a = 1; b = 8; c = -48;
Δ = b2-4ac
Δ = 82-4·1·(-48)
Δ = 256
The delta value is higher than zero, so the equation has two solutions
We use following formulas to calculate our solutions:
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$
$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$

$\sqrt{\Delta}=\sqrt{256}=16$
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(8)-16}{2*1}=\frac{-24}{2}
=-12
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$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(8)+16}{2*1}=\frac{8}{2}
=4
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