solve for x: 3x²-9x-30=0
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Solving x2-3x-10 = 0 by Completing The Square .
Add 10 to both side of the equation :
x2-3x = 10
Now the clever bit: Take the coefficient of x , which is 3 , divide by two, giving 3/2 , and finally square it giving 9/4
Add 9/4 to both sides of the equation :
On the right hand side we have :
10 + 9/4 or, (10/1)+(9/4)
The common denominator of the two fractions is 4 Adding (40/4)+(9/4) gives 49/4
So adding to both sides we finally get :
x2-3x+(9/4) = 49/4
Adding 9/4 has completed the left hand side into a perfect square :
x2-3x+(9/4) =
(x-(3/2)) • (x-(3/2)) =
(x-(3/2))2
Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. Since
x2-3x+(9/4) = 49/4 and
x2-3x+(9/4) = (x-(3/2))2
then, according to the law of transitivity,
(x-(3/2))2 = 49/4
We'll refer to this Equation as Eq. #5.2.1
The Square Root Principle says that When two things are equal, their square roots are equal.
Note that the square root of
(x-(3/2))2 is
(x-(3/2))2/2 =
(x-(3/2))1 =
x-(3/2)
Now, applying the Square Root Principle to Eq. #5.2.1 we get:
x-(3/2) = √ 49/4
Add 3/2 to both sides to obtain:
x = 3/2 + √ 49/4
Since a square root has two values, one positive and the other negative
x2 - 3x - 10 = 0
has two solutions:
x = 3/2 + √ 49/4
or
x = 3/2 - √ 49/4
Note that √ 49/4 can be written as
√ 49 / √ 4 which is 7 / 2
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