SOLUTION: x^2 + x^2= (x+2)^2

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Question 305258: x^2 + x^2= (x+2)^2
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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x%5E2+%2B+x%5E2=+%28x%2B2%29%5E2
2x%5E2+=+x%5E2+%2B+4x+%2B+4
x%5E2+-+4x+-+4+=+0
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Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B-4x%2B-4+=+0) has the following solutons:

x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant b%5E2-4ac should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant b%5E2-4ac: b%5E2-4ac=%28-4%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-4=32.

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.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-4%29%2Bsqrt%28+32+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+4.82842712474619
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-4%29-sqrt%28+32+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-0.82842712474619

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B-4x%2B-4 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B-4x%2B-4+=+%28x-4.82842712474619%29%2A%28x--0.82842712474619%29
Again, the answer is: 4.82842712474619, -0.82842712474619. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-4%2Ax%2B-4+%29

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= 2 ± 2sqrt(2)