SOLUTION: What are the solutions go 4x^2+5=-67?

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Question 615944: What are the solutions go 4x^2+5=-67?
Found 2 solutions by JBarnum, jsmallt9:
Answer by JBarnum(2146)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
subtract 5
divide by 4
take the sqrt of each side


when taking the square root of something it has a plus or minus before it
+
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Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Subtract 5 from each side:

Divide both sides by 4:


Assuming you are not interested in complex solutions, then we stop here. You can't square something and get a negative number, as this equation says, unless you work with complex numbers.

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