Ok lets see...
alright lets make these look better.
\(\frac{x(x-4)}{(x-5)(x-4)}=\frac{4(x-5)}{(x-4)(x-5)}\)
alright more simplifying:
\(x(x-4)=4(x-5)\)
\(x^2-4x=4x-20\)
\(x^2-8x+20=0\)
Oh yay! A quadratic equation! Now time to solve!
Ok so:
\(x+y\:=\:-8,\:xy=20\)
\(x=-8-y\)
Substitute this into xy = 20 and you will get
\(\begin{pmatrix}x=-4+2i,\:&y=-4-2i\\ x=-4-2i,\:&y=-4+2i\end{pmatrix}\)
so x is NOT 4±2i but it is -4\pm2i so yeah!
If anyone can check my work that would be great
Sorry, i tried typing in -4\pm2i and it said it was incorrect. Thank you tho for your effort in helping me!
We have:
x/x-5 = 4/x-4
Multiply by (x-5) and by (x-4) to both sides
x(x-4) = 4(x-5)
x^2 - 4x = 4x - 20
Put the left side on the right...
x^2 - 8x + 20 = 0
We find factors of 20 that multiply to 20, but add to -8 (we realize factors must be negative...)
Instead, we can just put this into our quadratic formula:
\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)
So we have:
8 +/- root(64 - 80) }/2
8 +/- root(-16) }/2
8 +/- 4i
4 +/- 2i
So the answer should be 4 +/- 2i, note that the 4 is positive...
(If this answer is incorrect please notify me as I would be happy to help) (But you did say this is incorrect, so I don't know what's going wrong here...)
\(x(x-4) = 4(x-5)\)
\(x^2 - 4x = 4x - 20\)
\(x^2 - 8x + 20 = 0\)
\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)
\(x = {8 \pm \sqrt{-16} \over 2}\)
\(x = {8 \pm 4i \over 2}\)
\(\color{brown}\boxed{x = 4 \pm 2i}\)
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