Thread:HMcCoy/@comment-25501845-20160217140926/@comment-24808864-20160217155752

Ouch, that one is terrible!

On an exam (without a calculator) I would definitely be completing the square on that particular problem, but it would not be fun there because of the fractions that are going to arise.

Don't forget to divide through by the quadratic term's leading coefficient, namely 9. It would be slightly easier to complete the square on "x^2-(832/9)x+(16384/9)=0" but only slightly easier.... but far better than quadratic formula in my opinion.