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PLEASE HELP ME ASAP I AM STUCK !!!!!!!!!!!Witch of the following are solutions to the equation below 5x^2-2x+16=4x^2+6x

PLEASE HELP ME ASAP I AM STUCK !!!!!!!!!!!Witch of the following are solutions to-example-1
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X=4

Explanation

First subtract 4x^2 + 6x from both sides of the equation

X^2 - 8x + 16 = 0

Then let’s factorice the equation using the middle-term break:

x^2 - 4x - 4x + 16 = 0
x (x - 4) - 4 (x - 4) = 0
(x - 4) (x - 4) = 0
(x - 4) ^2 = 0
x = 0

Therefore the solution to the equation is x = 4
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