SOLUTION: 60=16x+4.9x^2 solve for x

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Question 348165: 60=16x+4.9x^2
solve for x
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
*Note: Begin by muultiplying by 10. (4.9 = 49/10)



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Simplify

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solve using the Quadratic Formula

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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=143200 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 2.22875263845398, -5.49405876090296. Here's your graph:
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