Solve for x 3x(x-4)=6

$3 x (x - 4) = 6$

Step 1

Divide each term in $3 x (x - 4) = 6$ by $3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $3 x (x - 4) = 6$ by $3$ .

$\frac{3 x (x - 4)}{3} = \frac{6}{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 x (x - 4)}{3} = \frac{6}{3}$

Divide $x (x - 4)$ by $1$ .

$x (x - 4) = \frac{6}{3}$

Apply the distributive property.

$x \cdot x + x \cdot - 4 = \frac{6}{3}$

Simplify the expression.

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$x^{2} + x \cdot - 4 = \frac{6}{3}$

Move $- 4$ to the left of $x$ .

$x^{2} - 4 x = \frac{6}{3}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $6$ by $3$ .

$x^{2} - 4 x = 2$

Step 2

Subtract $2$ from both sides of the equation.

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

Step 3

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

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

Step 4

Substitute the values $a = 1$ , $b = - 4$ , and $c = - 2$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{4 \pm \sqrt{{(- 4)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 2)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 5

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 4$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{16 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 2}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 2$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{16 - 4 \cdot - 2}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 2$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{16 + 8}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $16$ and $8$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{24}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $24$ as $2^{2} \cdot 6$ .

Factor $4$ out of $24$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{4 (6)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

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

$x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 6}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$x = \frac{4 \pm 2 \sqrt{6}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{4 \pm 2 \sqrt{6}}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{4 \pm 2 \sqrt{6}}{2}$ .

$x = 2 \pm \sqrt{6}$

Step 6

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 2 + \sqrt{6}, 2 - \sqrt{6}$

Step 7

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = 2 + \sqrt{6}, 2 - \sqrt{6}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 4.44948974 \dots, - 0.44948974 \dots$

Solve for x 3x(x-4)=6

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