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Explanation:
Solution found
Step by Step Solution
Rearrange:
Rearrange the equation by subtracting what is to the right of the equal sign from both sides of the equation :
Step by step solution :
STEP 1: Trying to factor by splitting the middle term
1.1 Factoring
The first term is,
its coefficient is 1 .
The middle term is,
its coefficient is 5 .
The last term, "the constant", is -8
Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant 1 • -8 = -8
Step-2 : Find two factors of -8 whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is 5 .
-8 + 1 = -7
-4 + 2 = -2
-2 + 4 = 2
-1 + 8 = 7
Observation : No two such factors can be found !!
Conclusion : Trinomial can not be factored
Equation at the end of step 1 :
STEP 2 :
Parabola, Finding the Vertex:
2.1 Find the Vertex of
Parabolas have a highest or a lowest point called the Vertex . Our parabola opens up and accordingly has a lowest point (AKA absolute minimum) . We know this even before plotting "y" because the coefficient of the first term, 1 , is positive (greater than zero).
Each parabola has a vertical line of symmetry that passes through its vertex. Because of this symmetry, the line of symmetry would, for example, pass through the midpoint of the two x -intercepts (roots or solutions) of the parabola. That is, if the parabola has indeed two real solutions.
Parabolas can model many real life situations, such as the height above ground, of an object thrown upward, after some period of time. The vertex of the parabola can provide us with information, such as the maximum height that object, thrown upwards, can reach. For this reason we want to be able to find the coordinates of the vertex.
For any parabola,
,the x -coordinate of the vertex is given by -B/(2A) . In our case the x coordinate is -2.5000
Plugging into the parabola formula -2.5000 for x we can calculate the y -coordinate :
y = 1.0 * -2.50 * -2.50 + 5.0 * -2.50 - 8.0
or y = -14.250
Parabola, Graphing Vertex and X-Intercepts :
Root plot for :
Axis of Symmetry (dashed) {x}={-2.50}
Vertex at {x,y} = {-2.50,-14.25}
x -Intercepts (Roots) :
Root 1 at {x,y} = {-6.27, 0.00}
Root 2 at {x,y} = { 1.27, 0.00}
Solve Quadratic Equation by Completing The Square
2.2 Solving
by Completing The Square .
Add 8 to both side of the equation :
Now the clever bit: Take the coefficient of x , which is 5 , divide by two, giving 5/2 , and finally square it giving 25/4
Add 25/4 to both sides of the equation :
On the right hand side we have :
8 + 25/4 or, (8/1)+(25/4)
The common denominator of the two fractions is 4 Adding (32/4)+(25/4) gives 57/4
So adding to both sides we finally get :
Adding 25/4 has completed the left hand side into a perfect square :
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Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another. Since
and
then, according to the law of transitivity,
We'll refer to this Equation as Eq. #2.2.1
The Square Root Principle says that When two things are equal, their square roots are equal.
Note that the square root of
is
Now, applying the Square Root Principle to Eq. #2.2.1 we get:
Subtract 5/2 from both sides to obtain:
Since a square root has two values, one positive and the other negative
has two solutions:
or
Note that
can be written as
which is
2
Solve Quadratic Equation using the Quadratic Formula
2.3 Solving
by the Quadratic Formula .
According to the Quadratic Formula, x , the solution for
, where A, B and C are numbers, often called coefficients, is given by :
