Solve by Completing the Square 4x^2+8x=10

$4 x^{2} + 8 x = 10$

Step 1

Divide each term in $4 x^{2} + 8 x = 10$ by $4$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $4 x^{2} + 8 x = 10$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 x^{2}}{4} + \frac{8 x}{4} = \frac{10}{4}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify each term.

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 x^{2}}{4} + \frac{8 x}{4} = \frac{10}{4}$

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

$x^{2} + \frac{8 x}{4} = \frac{10}{4}$

Cancel the common factor of $8$ and $4$ .

Factor $4$ out of $8 x$ .

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

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $4$ .

$x^{2} + \frac{4 (2 x)}{4 (1)} = \frac{10}{4}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x^{2} + \frac{4 (2 x)}{4 \cdot 1} = \frac{10}{4}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x^{2} + \frac{2 x}{1} = \frac{10}{4}$

Divide $2 x$ by $1$ .

$x^{2} + 2 x = \frac{10}{4}$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $10$ and $4$ .

Factor $2$ out of $10$ .

$x^{2} + 2 x = \frac{2 (5)}{4}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

$x^{2} + 2 x = \frac{2 \cdot 5}{2 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x^{2} + 2 x = \frac{2 \cdot 5}{2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x^{2} + 2 x = \frac{5}{2}$

Step 2

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

${(\frac{b}{2})}^{2} = {(1)}^{2}$

Step 3

Add the term to each side of the equation.

$x^{2} + 2 x + {(1)}^{2} = \frac{5}{2} + {(1)}^{2}$

Step 4

Simplify the equation.

Simplify the left side.

One to any power is one.

$x^{2} + 2 x + 1 = \frac{5}{2} + {(1)}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $\frac{5}{2} + {(1)}^{2}$ .

One to any power is one.

$x^{2} + 2 x + 1 = \frac{5}{2} + 1$

Write $1$ as a fraction with a common denominator.

$x^{2} + 2 x + 1 = \frac{5}{2} + \frac{2}{2}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$x^{2} + 2 x + 1 = \frac{5 + 2}{2}$

Add $5$ and $2$ .

$x^{2} + 2 x + 1 = \frac{7}{2}$

Step 5

Factor the perfect trinomial square into ${(x + 1)}^{2}$ .

${(x + 1)}^{2} = \frac{7}{2}$

Step 6

Solve the equation for $x$ .

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

$x + 1 = \pm \sqrt{\frac{7}{2}}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{\frac{7}{2}}$ .

Rewrite $\sqrt{\frac{7}{2}}$ as $\frac{\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}}$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}}$

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}$

Combine and simplify the denominator.

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2} \sqrt{2}}$

Raise $\sqrt{2}$ to the power of $1$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{{\sqrt{2}}^{1} \sqrt{2}}$

Raise $\sqrt{2}$ to the power of $1$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{{\sqrt{2}}^{1} {\sqrt{2}}^{1}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{{\sqrt{2}}^{1 + 1}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{{\sqrt{2}}^{2}}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt{2}}^{2}$ as $2$ .

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{2}$ as $2^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{{(2^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{2^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}}$

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{2^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{2^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{2^{1}}$

Evaluate the exponent.

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7} \sqrt{2}}{2}$

Simplify the numerator.

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{7 \cdot 2}}{2}$

Multiply $7$ by $2$ .

$x + 1 = \pm \frac{\sqrt{14}}{2}$

Subtract $1$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = \pm \frac{\sqrt{14}}{2} - 1$

Step 7

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = \pm \frac{\sqrt{14}}{2} - 1$

Decimal Form:

$x = 0.87082869 \dots, - 2.87082869 \dots$

Solve by Completing the Square 4x^2+8x=10

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