Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 11 - Test - Page 380: 5

Answer

$=-2.14,\ or, \ 0.94$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $5x^2 +6x-10= 0$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=5, \quad b=6, \quad c=-10.$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{-6 \pm \sqrt{36+200}}{2(5) }=-2.14,\ or, \ 0.94 .$$
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