 
Nancy S. answered  07/21/16
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You need to use the quadratic formula 
for this since it is not factorable and since completing the square would be messy in this case. 
x2 - 7x + 4 = 0
a= 1
b= -7
c= 4
plugging that into the quadratic formula would give 
x =   (7 ± √33)/2
If you need the two answers in decimal format, you can plug the numbers into a calculator. 
     
     
             
                     
                    