SOLUTION: 4b*4b-8b-5=0

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Question 31035This question is from textbook Algebra I: Indiana Ed
: 4b*4b-8b-5=0 This question is from textbook Algebra I: Indiana Ed

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4b(4b)-8b-5=0
16b%5E2-8b-5=0 now factor adds up to -8 and multiplies to -80. -10*8. there fore the equation yields 16b%5E2%2B8b-10b-5 . 16b%5E2%2B8b has 8b in common, -10b-5 has -5 in common. our new equation, factored once, is
8b(2b+1)-5(2b+1)
likes attract and: (8b-5)(2b+1)=0 thence one of the two (...) must equal zero, we don't know which, thence X=-.5 or 5/8
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