SOLUTION: how do I solve 2/t = t/-5-12

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2/t = t/-5-12

Found 2 solutions by ramsinaaa, MathTherapy:
Answer by ramsinaaa(9)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
cross multiply.

first add -12 and -5
you get -17.
now you have 2/t=t/-17

so 2(-17)=t^2
-34=t^2
t=square root(-34)

that goes into imaginary numbers (i)
so t=square root(34)i



Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

how do I solve
2/t = t/-5-12



----- Multiplying by LCD, - 5t



Solving using the quadratic equation, t = , or

You can do the check!!

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