document.write( "Question 171872: how do you use the quadratic formula to solve 5y^2+5y=9? please round to the nearest hundreth \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5y%5E2%2B5y=9\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5y%5E2%2B5y-9=0\" Subtract 9 from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Notice we have a quadratic equation in the form of \"ay%5E2%2Bby%2Bc\" where \"a=5\", \"b=5\", and \"c=-9\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for y\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F%282a%29\" Start with the quadratic formula\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-%285%29+%2B-+sqrt%28+%285%29%5E2-4%285%29%28-9%29+%29%29%2F%282%285%29%29\" Plug in \"a=5\", \"b=5\", and \"c=-9\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5+%2B-+sqrt%28+25-4%285%29%28-9%29+%29%29%2F%282%285%29%29\" Square \"5\" to get \"25\". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5+%2B-+sqrt%28+25--180+%29%29%2F%282%285%29%29\" Multiply \"4%285%29%28-9%29\" to get \"-180\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5+%2B-+sqrt%28+25%2B180+%29%29%2F%282%285%29%29\" Rewrite \"sqrt%2825--180%29\" as \"sqrt%2825%2B180%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5+%2B-+sqrt%28+205+%29%29%2F%282%285%29%29\" Add \"25\" to \"180\" to get \"205\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5+%2B-+sqrt%28+205+%29%29%2F%2810%29\" Multiply \"2\" and \"5\" to get \"10\". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-5%2Bsqrt%28205%29%29%2F%2810%29\" or \"y+=+%28-5-sqrt%28205%29%29%2F%2810%29\" Break up the expression. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the answers are \"y+=+%28-5%2Bsqrt%28205%29%29%2F%2810%29\" or \"y+=+%28-5-sqrt%28205%29%29%2F%2810%29\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which approximate to \"y=0.932\" or \"y=-1.932\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So to the nearest hundredth, the answers are \"y=0.9\" or \"y=-1.9\"
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