Can you help me with part E of the question?

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Arahant · Answer 1 · 2023-10-07T06:30:15+0000

Question:

Solution:

We want to solve the following equation:

that is:

by cross-multiplication, this is equivalent to:

$3(4x+12)=-10(x^2-5x\text{)}$

applying the distributive property, we obtain:

this is equivalent to:

that is:

now, applying the quadratic formula, we obtain two solutions:

$x=\text{ 2}$

and

so that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

$x=\text{ 2}$

or