SOLUTION: original problem: 5x^2-30x+40=0 work: 5x^2-30x=-40 x^2-6x=-8 x^2-6x+9=-8+9 Please help. I keep getting lost. Could you show me how to work this problem s

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Question 119488: original problem: 5x^2-30x+40=0
work:
5x^2-30x=-40
x^2-6x=-8
x^2-6x+9=-8+9
Please help. I keep getting lost. Could you show me how to work this problem step by step? I already have the answer, so I'm not looking for that, just how to do it. The answer is x=2, x=4
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
original problem: 5x^2-30x+40=0
work:
5x^2-30x=-40
x^2-6x=-8
x^2-6x+9=-8+9
Factor to get:
(x-3)^2 = 1
Take the square root of both sides to get;
x-3=1 or x-3=-1
x = 4 or x = 2
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for x:
First, you can factor a 5 from this quadratic equation.
Now apply the "zero product principle": Ifthen eitheror or both.
So...
If then either (obviously not true!) or . Ok, so...
Solve this by factoring:
...again, apply the "zero product principle"...
If then or
If then
The solutions are, as you have stated, x = 2 or x = 4.