SOLUTION: m^2-49/2m=1/2 solve by completing the square

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Question 464983: m^2-49/2m=1/2
solve by completing the square

Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
For this one m^2-49/2m=1/2
we add 2401/4 to both sides
m^2-49/2m+2401/16=1/2 + 4401/16
rewrite this as:
(m-49/4)^2=4409/16
Square root both sides:
m-49/4=+-sq rt 4409/16
m=49+-(sq rt 4409)/4
Make sense?
RJ
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