Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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

Appendix A - Equations and Inequalities - Page 417: 66

Answer

{$\frac{2 \pm \sqrt (10)}{3}$}

Work Step by Step

Step 1: $(3x+2)(x-1)=3x$ Step 2: $3x(x-1)+2(x-1)=3x$ Step 3: $3x^{2}-3x+2x-2=3x$ Step 4: $3x^{2}-x-2=3x$ Step 5: Subtracting $3x$ from both sides of the equation, $3x^{2}-x-2-3x=3x-3x$ Step 6: $3x^{2}-4x-2=0$ Step 7: Comparing $3x^{2}-4x-2=0$ to the standard form of a quadratic equation $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$; $a=3$, $b=-4$ and $c=-2$ Step 8: The quadratic formula is: $x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt (b^{2}-4ac)}{2a}$ Step 9: Substituting the values of a,b and c in the formula: $x=\frac{-(-4) \pm \sqrt ((-4)^{2}-4(3)(-2))}{2(3)}$ Step 10: $x=\frac{4 \pm \sqrt (16+24)}{6}$ Step 11: $x=\frac{4 \pm \sqrt (40)}{6}$ Step 12: $x=\frac{4 \pm \sqrt (4\times10)}{6}$ Step 13: $x=\frac{4 \pm 2\sqrt (10)}{6}$ Step 14: $x=\frac{2(2 \pm \sqrt (10))}{6}$ Step 15: $x=\frac{2 \pm \sqrt (10)}{3}$ Step 16: Therefore, the solution set is {$\frac{2 \pm \sqrt (10)}{3}$}.
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