SOLUTION: please help me solve the following polynomial equation and please show work x^2

SOLUTION: please help me solve the following polynomial equation and please show work x^2 - 3x = 10

Question 90348This question is from textbook algebra and trigonometry
: please help me solve the following polynomial equation and please show work
x^2 - 3x = 10 This question is from textbook algebra and trigonometry

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Subtract 10 from both sides

Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:

Starting with the general quadratic

the general solution using the quadratic equation is:

So lets solve ( notice , , and )

Plug in a=1, b=-3, and c=-10

Negate -3 to get 3

Square -3 to get 9 (note: remember when you square -3, you must square the negative as well. This is because .)

Multiply to get

Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)

Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)

Multiply 2 and 1 to get 2

So now the expression breaks down into two parts

or

Lets look at the first part:

Add the terms in the numerator
Divide

So one answer is

Now lets look at the second part:

Subtract the terms in the numerator
Divide

So another answer is

So our solutions are:
or

Notice when we graph , we get:

and we can see that the roots are and . This verifies our answer
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