SOLUTION: Solving using the quadratic formula. 7x(x+2)+5=3x(x+1) Do you first subtract the 3x^2 from 7x^2? I'm not 100% on how to work this through.

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Question 1027817: Solving using the quadratic formula.
7x(x+2)+5=3x(x+1)
Do you first subtract the 3x^2 from 7x^2? I'm not 100% on how to work this through.
Found 3 solutions by Cromlix, Theo, MathTherapy:
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source):
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Hi there,
7x(x+2)+5=3x(x+1)
7x^2 + 14x + 5 = 3x^2 + 3x
7x^2 - 3x^2 + 14x - 3x + 5 + 0
4x^2 + 11x + 5 = 0
Solve using:-

a = 4, b = 11 and c = 5

:
x = -0.575 x = -2.175 (2 decimal places)
Hope this helps :-)

Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source):
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you want to get the quadratic equation into standard form first.

that form is ax^2 + bx + c = 0

a is the coefficient of the x^2 term.
b is the coefficient of the x term.
c is the constant term.

your equation is:

7x(x+2)+5=3x(x+1)

simplify by performing the operations indicated to get:

7x^2 + 14x = 3x^2 + 3x

not subtract all the terms on the right hand side from both sides of the equation to get:

7x^2 + 14x - 3x^2 - 3x = 0

now combine like terms to get:

4x^2 + 11x = 0

it is now in standard form of ax^2 + bx + c = 0

a = 4
b = 11
c = 0

now you can use the quadratic formula of x = (-b plus or minus sqrt(b^2-4ac)/(2a).

that will get you x = 0 or x = -22/8 which can be simplified to x = -11/4.

the graph of the resulting equation confirms that, as shown below:

the decimal equivalent of -11/4 is -2.75, as shown on the graph.

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source):
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Solving using the quadratic formula.
7x(x+2)+5=3x(x+1)
Do you first subtract the 3x^2 from 7x^2? I'm not 100% on how to work this through.

7x(x + 2) + 5 = 3x(x + 1)
-------- Distributing
----- Subtracting from each side, as you surmised

Solve using the quadratic equation formula, as instructed.
a = 4
b = 11
c = 5