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X² plus 8x equals -3x² plus 5?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

x² + 8x = -3x² + 5 gives us

4x² + 8x - 5 = 0.

This factorises,

(2x - 1)(2x + 5) = 0; whence, either,

2x - 1 = 0, or

2x + 5 = 0;

because, if the product of two numbers is zero, then one or other of them must equal zero.

Therefore,

x² + 8x = -3x² + 5, whenever

x = ½ or x = -2½.

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14y ago

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