SOLUTION: 6x^2 + 5x + 1=0
answer:x= -1/2 or -1/3
need a full break down of how my book got those fractions as answers
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Question 181637: 6x^2 + 5x + 1=0
answer:x= -1/2 or -1/3
need a full break down of how my book got those fractions as answers
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is just a matter of factoring by Reverse FOIL. you play with the factors of the coefficients of term and constant term
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so once you factor as above
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3x+1=0
:
3x=-1
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x=-1/3
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2x+1=0
:
2x=-1
:
x=-1/2
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