document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=746932>Question 746932</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve this problem ASAP. I have a test tomorrow and I am doing extra practice to prepare. I completed this problem, but I am unsure if I did it correctly. Thanks in advance for helping me. Complete the square of the following problem: 2x^2 = 4x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got the answer: x = 1 +/- i sqrt3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*+/- = positive negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*sqrt = square root<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*i = fake number system was used<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks again in advance. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Complete the square of the following problem: 2x^2 = 4x - 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 - 4x = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 2x = 5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 1 to both sides and we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 2x + 1 = 5/2 + 1  and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)^2 = 7/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-1 = sqrt(7/2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1+sqrt(7/2) = 1 + 1.9 = 2.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1-sqrt(7/2) = 1 - 1.9 = -.9\r<BR>\n" );
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