SOLUTION: I keep getting the incorrect answer to the following problem, I'm not sure where my error was, can you help me? A large pond is stocked with fish. The fish population P is model

Question 196644: I keep getting the incorrect answer to the following problem, I'm not sure where my error was, can you help me?
A large pond is stocked with fish. The fish population P is modeled by the formula P = 4t + 8√t + 110, where t is the number of days since the fish were first introduced into the pond. How many days will it take for the fish population to reach 500?
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Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4t+8sqrt(t)+110=500
4t-390=-8sqrt(t)
2t-195=-4sqrt(t)
4t^2-780t+38025=16t
4t^2-796t+380256=0
t=79.65 days Answer. Quadratic equation. [t=119.35 is extraneous]
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Ed
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable

Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=25216 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 119.349433241279, 79.6505667587208. Here's your graph:

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