Solve by Factoring 3x^2-5x-4=0

$3 x^{2} - 5 x - 4 = 0$

Step 1

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

$\frac{- b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4 (a c)}}{2 a}$

Step 2

Substitute the values $a = 3$ , $b = - 5$ , and $c = - 4$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{5 \pm \sqrt{{(- 5)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (3 \cdot - 4)}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 5$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 12 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 12$ by $- 4$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 + 48}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Add $25$ and $48$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Step 4

Simplify the expression to solve for the $+$ portion of the $\pm$ .

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 5$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 12 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 12$ by $- 4$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 + 48}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Add $25$ and $48$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Change the $\pm$ to $+$ .

$x = \frac{5 + \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Step 5

Simplify the expression to solve for the $-$ portion of the $\pm$ .

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 5$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 3 \cdot - 4$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 12 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $- 12$ by $- 4$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 + 48}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Add $25$ and $48$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{2 \cdot 3}$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Change the $\pm$ to $-$ .

$x = \frac{5 - \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Step 6

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = \frac{5 + \sqrt{73}}{6}, \frac{5 - \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Step 7

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = \frac{5 + \sqrt{73}}{6}, \frac{5 - \sqrt{73}}{6}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 2.25733395 \dots, - 0.59066729 \dots$

Solve by Factoring 3x^2-5x-4=0

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