SOLUTION: 9x^2+10x+10=8x^2-15 What is the smallest solution? I got the discriminate to be 0 and 0 is the correct answer, but when i tried to find the smallest solution i came up with -10

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Question 352881: 9x^2+10x+10=8x^2-15
What is the smallest solution?
I got the discriminate to be 0 and 0 is the correct answer, but when i tried to find the smallest solution i came up with -10 and that is not the correct answer.
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subtracting 8x^2-15 ___ x^2 + 10x + 25 = 0

factoring ___ (x + 5)^2 = 0