Solve 2x^2 + x − 4 = 0

Find x to the nearest hundredth place

Kapil needed to buy a long wooden beam. he went to two sawmills that each charge an initial fee plus an additional fee for each meter of wood. the following equation gives the price (in dollars) of a wooden beam from the first sawmill as a function of its length (in meters). p = 5+20xp=5+20x

Using the side-splitter theorem, daniel wrote a proportion for the segment formed by luke segment de. what is ec?