The solutions to
2x^2 - 10x + 13 = -6x^2 - 18x - 15
are a+bi and a-bi, where a and b are positive. What is a\cdot b?
First, let's simplify all like terms and bring all terms to one side.
We get the equation
\(2x^{2}+2x+7=0\)
Now, using the quadratic equation, we finally get two answers. We find that we have
\(x=-\frac{1}{2}+\sqrt{13}\cdot (\frac{1}{2}i)\\ x=-\frac{1}{2}-\sqrt{13}\cdot (\frac{1}{2}i)\)
Now we know what A and B are. We find that
\(a=-1/2; b = \frac{\sqrt{13}}{2}\)
Multiplying them toeghet, we finally come up with the answer.
We finally have
\(ab=-\frac{\sqrt{13}}{4}\)
Thus, our final answer is -sqrt(13)/4
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