SOLUTION: What is the value of k if one root of (3k+1)x^2-2kx=-5 is 1?

SOLUTION: What is the value of k if one root of (3k+1)x^2-2kx=-5 is 1?

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Question 119661: What is the value of k if one root of (3k+1)x^2-2kx=-5 is 1?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 1 is a root, then .

Start with the given equation

Add 5 to both sides

Plug in

Simplify

Combine like terms on the left side

Subtract 6 from both sides

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Answer:
So our answer is
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