Trigonometry (10th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321671775
ISBN 13: 978-0-32167-177-6

Appendix A - Equations and Inequalities - Page 417: 58

Answer

{$-\frac{5}{3},1$}

Work Step by Step

Step 1: $3x^{2}+2x=5$ Step 2: Subtracting 5 from both sides, $3x^{2}+2x-5=5-5$ Step 3: The equation therefore becomes $3x^{2}+2x-5=0$ Step 4: Comparing $3x^{2}+2x-5=0$ to the standard form of a quadratic equation $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$; $a=3$, $b=2$ and $c=-5$ Step 5: The quadratic formula is: $x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt (b^{2}-4ac)}{2a}$ Step 6: Substituting the values of a,b and c in the formula: $x=\frac{-(2) \pm \sqrt ((2)^{2}-4(3)(-5))}{2(3)}$ Step 7: $x=\frac{-2 \pm \sqrt (4+60)}{6}$ Step 8: $x=\frac{-2 \pm \sqrt (64)}{6}$ Step 9: $x=\frac{-2 \pm 8}{6}$ Step 10: $x=\frac{-2+8}{6}$ or $x=\frac{-2-8}{6}$ Step 11: $x=\frac{6}{6}$ or $x=\frac{-10}{6}$ Step 12: $x=1$ or $x=\frac{-5}{3}$ Step 13: Therefore, the solution set is {$-\frac{5}{3},1$}.
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