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Can You Solve It By Using The Quadratic Formula X^2 - 3x = 7x - 2?

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    X^2 - 3x = 7x - 2
    using the same logic as earlier
    we get
    X^2 - 3x - 7x = -2
    that is x^2 - 10x = -2
    the factors for this are
    (x)(x-10) = -2
    so we get
    either x = -2 or
    x - 10 = -2
    that is x = 8

    so x is either = -2 or x = 8

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    Raimi 

    answered 2 years ago

    The answers given here are wrong. If you check the value of 8, you'll find that 8^2 - 3*8 is not equal to 7*8 - 2. (40 is not equal to 54).

    If you want to use the Quadratic formula, (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac) )/2a, to solve it, you would do so as follows;

    To use the quadratic formula, you would first find the coefficients a, b, and c of the formula x^2 -10x + 2 = 0. That gives you values of a, b, c to be 1, -10, and 2 respectively. Then plug them into the quadratic formula and solve.
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    commented 1 year ago

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