SOLUTION: please show me how to solve: -16t2+48t=60 ty

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Question 987769: please show me how to solve:
-16t2+48t=60
ty

Answer by ikleyn(52756)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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+ = .

+ - = .

- + = .

It is a quadratic equation.  Use the quadratic formula to solve it:

= = .

The discriminant is negative,  which means that your equation has no real solution.

The plot of the parabola   = + -  in the  Figure  below confirms that there are no real solutions.




                      Figure


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