document.write( "Question 99597: The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters(m) larger than it's height. The diagonal brace measures sqrt 6m. Find the width and height. \n" ); document.write( "
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a^2+b^2=c^2
\n" ); document.write( "h^2+(h+2)^2=6
\n" ); document.write( "h^2+h^2+4h+4=6
\n" ); document.write( "2h^2+4h-2=0
\n" ); document.write( "h=.414214... m height(quadratic formula below)
\n" ); document.write( "h+2=2.414214... m width
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( ".414214...^2+2.414214...^2=6
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation \"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"2x%5E2%2B4x%2B-2+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%284%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-2=32\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=32 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-4%2B-sqrt%28+32+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%284%29%2Bsqrt%28+32+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+0.414213562373095\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%284%29-sqrt%28+32+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-2.41421356237309\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"2x%5E2%2B4x%2B-2\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"2x%5E2%2B4x%2B-2+=+%28x-0.414213562373095%29%2A%28x--2.41421356237309%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 0.414213562373095, -2.41421356237309.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
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