SOLUTION: Can you please solve the equation by completing the square: -10x=3x�-2

Question 437377: Can you please solve the equation by completing the square: -10x=3x�-2
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Can you please solve the equation by completing the square: -10x = 3x� - 2
:
Re-write the equation in the form
3x^2 + 10x + ___ = 2
The coefficient of x^2 has to be 1, divide by 3, results:
x^2 + x + ____ =
:
Find the term which completes the square; (10/6)^2 = (100/36) reduces to
x^2 + x + = +
:
x^2 + x + = +
:
x^2 + x + =
:
(x + )^2 =
:
x + = +/-
:
Two solutions
x = +

We can write it:
x =
and
x =
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