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15c^2-10c=0

 Sep 15, 2016
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google 'quadratic formula' and do that yourself man

 Sep 15, 2016
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The 'c' in your equation is the 'x' in this one, the weird +- sign means that you gotta calculate it once for + and once for - (there's usually 2 answers to quadratic equations that's why). The a,b and c in this formula are the factors in front of your variable so 'a' is the first one in front on the c^2, b is the one in front of just the c and 'c' in the formula would be the third one which would then be alone without a variable but you don't have that in your equation so just write '0' where there's a 'c' in this formula.

\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)

MattMayD  Sep 15, 2016
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15c2 - 10c  =  0

 5c(3c - 2)  =  0

Either  5c  =  0      or      3c - 2  =  0

              c  =  0                    3c  =  2

                                              c  =  2/3

 Sep 15, 2016
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You broke one of the rules. You divided by the variable as long as you don't know what that variable is it might as well be 0 so you divided by 0 congrats. Just kidding. You're right in this case but you didn't try to use the formula you simply saw a relationship between 15 and 10 right away.

 

If the equation was 1/576c^2-17c=0 the problem would be of the same nature but you couldn't solve it that fast the way you did so i really suggest learning how to make use of this \(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)if you wanna get a good grade with the coming maths exam.

MattMayD  Sep 15, 2016

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