Solve by Completing the Square 3x^2+20x+36=4

$3 x^{2} + 20 x + 36 = 4$

Step 1

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $36$ from both sides of the equation.

$3 x^{2} + 20 x = 4 - 36$

Subtract $36$ from $4$ .

$3 x^{2} + 20 x = - 32$

Step 2

Divide each term in $3 x^{2} + 20 x = - 32$ by $3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $3 x^{2} + 20 x = - 32$ by $3$ .

$\frac{3 x^{2}}{3} + \frac{20 x}{3} = \frac{- 32}{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 x^{2}}{3} + \frac{20 x}{3} = \frac{- 32}{3}$

Divide $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} = \frac{- 32}{3}$

Simplify the right side.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} = - \frac{32}{3}$

Step 3

To create a trinomial square on the left side of the equation, find a value that is equal to the square of half of $b$ .

${(\frac{b}{2})}^{2} = {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$

Step 4

Add the term to each side of the equation.

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2} = - \frac{32}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$

Step 5

Simplify the equation.

Simplify the left side.

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $\frac{10}{3}$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{10^{2}}{3^{2}} = - \frac{32}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$

Raise $10$ to the power of $2$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{3^{2}} = - \frac{32}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $- \frac{32}{3} + {(\frac{10}{3})}^{2}$ .

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $\frac{10}{3}$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32}{3} + \frac{10^{2}}{3^{2}}$

Raise $10$ to the power of $2$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32}{3} + \frac{100}{3^{2}}$

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32}{3} + \frac{100}{9}$

To write $- \frac{32}{3}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32}{3} \cdot \frac{3}{3} + \frac{100}{9}$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $9$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{32}{3}$ by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32 \cdot 3}{3 \cdot 3} + \frac{100}{9}$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = - \frac{32 \cdot 3}{9} + \frac{100}{9}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = \frac{- 32 \cdot 3 + 100}{9}$

Simplify the numerator.

Multiply $- 32$ by $3$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = \frac{- 96 + 100}{9}$

Add $- 96$ and $100$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{20 x}{3} + \frac{100}{9} = \frac{4}{9}$

Step 6

Factor the perfect trinomial square into ${(x + \frac{10}{3})}^{2}$ .

${(x + \frac{10}{3})}^{2} = \frac{4}{9}$

Step 7

Solve the equation for $x$ .

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{4}{9}}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{\frac{4}{9}}$ .

Rewrite $\sqrt{\frac{4}{9}}$ as $\frac{\sqrt{4}}{\sqrt{9}}$ .

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \frac{\sqrt{4}}{\sqrt{9}}$

Simplify the numerator.

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \frac{\sqrt{2^{2}}}{\sqrt{9}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \frac{2}{\sqrt{9}}$

Simplify the denominator.

Rewrite $9$ as $3^{2}$ .

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \frac{2}{\sqrt{3^{2}}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \pm \frac{2}{3}$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

First, use the positive value of the $\pm$ to find the first solution.

$x + \frac{10}{3} = \frac{2}{3}$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $\frac{10}{3}$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = \frac{2}{3} - \frac{10}{3}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$x = \frac{2 - 10}{3}$

Subtract $10$ from $2$ .

$x = \frac{- 8}{3}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x = - \frac{8}{3}$

Next, use the negative value of the $\pm$ to find the second solution.

$x + \frac{10}{3} = - \frac{2}{3}$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $\frac{10}{3}$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - \frac{2}{3} - \frac{10}{3}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$x = \frac{- 2 - 10}{3}$

Subtract $10$ from $- 2$ .

$x = \frac{- 12}{3}$

Divide $- 12$ by $3$ .

$x = - 4$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

$x = - \frac{8}{3}, - 4$

Solve by Completing the Square 3x^2+20x+36=4

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