Equations Reducible to Quadratic in Form x-2/4+12/x=x/2 can somebody solve this ?
I'm assuming this might be....
(x-2)/4 + 12/x = x/2 ????
Multiply though by 4 and we have
x - 2 + 48/x = 2x
Multiply through by x
x^2 - 2x + 48 = 2x^2
Rearranging, we have
x^2 + 2x - 48 = 0
Factoring produces
(x + 8) (x - 6) = 0
Set each factor to 0, and we have that..... x = 6 and x = -8
I'll leave it for you to check that both solutions "work".....
I'm assuming this might be....
(x-2)/4 + 12/x = x/2 ????
Multiply though by 4 and we have
x - 2 + 48/x = 2x
Multiply through by x
x^2 - 2x + 48 = 2x^2
Rearranging, we have
x^2 + 2x - 48 = 0
Factoring produces
(x + 8) (x - 6) = 0
Set each factor to 0, and we have that..... x = 6 and x = -8
I'll leave it for you to check that both solutions "work".....