Question 322072: x^2 + 10x = 300
Find the positive value for x.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer by Jk22(389)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x^2+10x-300=0
x=(-10+sqrt(100+1200))/2=-5+5*sqrt(13)=5(-1+sqrt(13)) (+ to get a positive ans)
Square root of 13 can be extracted manually :
13...|3,605
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40.0.|66x6=396
396..|
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40.0.|680x0
40000|6805x5
hence : x=5*2,605~13,025
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