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Question 403877: I am not good in math at all! I want to know how would i solve 6(p square-1)=5p
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Answer by texttutoring(324) About Me  (Show Source):
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Just to clarify, is this your question?

6%28p%5E2+-1%29=5p

If so, here's how you do it:

6%28p%5E2+-1%29=5p
First, get rid of the brackets by distributing the 6:
6p%5E2+-6%29=5p
Next, subtract 5p from both sides, so that the right side is zero:
6p%5E2+-+6+-+5p+=+0
Rearrange so that it is in standard form:
6p%5E2-5p-6=0

To solve this, you can either factor it (which is a pain!) or use the Quadratic Formula.

If you factor it, you will end up with:
(2p-3)(3p+2) = 0
p=3/2 or p=-2/3

If you use the Quadratic Formula:
p+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+
p+=+%285+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-5%29%5E2-4%2A6%2A%28-6%29+%29%29%2F%282%2A6%29+
p=3/2 or p=-2/3

So as you can see, you get the same answer whether you factor it or use the quadratic formula.

Check out this link for a graph of the function: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6p^2-5p-6%3D0

Hope this helps!


Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!






Factor or use the quadratic formula.

John

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