QuestionWhat are the solutions to ?
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The solutions to the quadratic equation are and
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STEP 1
What is this asking?
We need to find the values of that make the equation true.
It's like a puzzle where is the missing piece!
Watch out!
There are *two* solutions to this kind of equation, so don't forget to find both!
Also, be careful with the signs – positive and negative matter a lot!
STEP 2
1. Isolate the term
2. Take the square root of both sides
3. Find the two solutions
STEP 3
We **start** with .
To get by itself, we need to move that to the other side.
We can do that by *adding* to *both* sides of the equation.
Remember, what we do to one side, we *must* do to the other to keep things balanced!
This gives us:
STEP 4
Now, that is stuck to the .
Let's *divide* both sides by **100** to get all alone:
Awesome! We've isolated !
STEP 5
To get by itself, we need to undo that square.
We can do that by taking the **square root** of both sides:
Remember, whenever we take the square root, we get *two* possible answers: a positive one and a negative one!
STEP 6
We can simplify the right side because the square root of a fraction is the same as the square root of the top divided by the square root of the bottom: Since and , we get:
STEP 7
The plus-or-minus symbol () means we have *two* solutions: and
STEP 8
The solutions are and .
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