SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: y=4/9x2+24/9x+12

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Question 840575: Please help me solve this equation: y=4/9x2+24/9x+12

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
y=4/9x2+24/9x+12
4/9x2+24/9x+12 = 0
4x^ + 24x + 108 = 0
x^2 + 6x + 27 = 0
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:



For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

The discriminant -72 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -72 is + or - .

The solution is

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