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I'm not sure if it's right, but I ended up with a quadratic by the end. Here goes:

$${\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{2}}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\frac{{\mathtt{2}}}{\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{1}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{t}}$$ Take the 1/5t off both sides.

$${\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{2}}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{1}} = {\mathtt{t}}$$ Multiply everything by 10t.

$${\frac{\left({\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}{{\mathtt{2}}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\frac{\left({\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}{\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}\right)}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{{\mathtt{t}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}$$ Simplify.

$${\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{{\mathtt{t}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}$$

$${\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{{\mathtt{t}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{t}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{2}} = {\mathtt{0}}$$ Now using the quadratic formula,

$$t=\frac{-b+\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$$ or $$t=\frac{-b-\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$$

a=10, b=-5, c=-2

$$t=\frac{5+\sqrt{5^2-4\times{10}\times{-2}}}{2\times{10}}$$ or $$t=\frac{5+\sqrt{5^2-4\times{10}\times{-2}}}{2\times{10}}$$

$$t=\frac{5+\sqrt{25+80}}{20}$$ or $$t=\frac{5-\sqrt{25+80}}{20}$$

$$t=\frac{5+\sqrt{105}}{20}$$ or $$t=\frac{5-\sqrt{105}}{20}$$

which works out to $$\approx$$ 0.76235 or -0.26235.

P.S. I don't know how to say "plus minus" something.

Apr 18, 2015