A student preformed the following steps to find the solution to the equation X2-2x-8=0. Where did the student go wrong?

Period is the time it takes for one “cycle” to complete. in the parent sine function, period is 2*pi since sin(0) = 0, sin(pi/2) = 1, sin(pi) = 0, sin(3pi/2) = -1, and sin(2pi) = 0. at that point, the sequence repeats itself. i’m not sure if your graph is similar to the sine function since you didn’t provide a picture, but you can find the period by looking at a graph.

Bwould be the answer

It is b as the correct answer is 0.088, you are able to work these out on a calculator or without a calculator if you type in the exact sum that is given for harder questions like these!