Solve Using the Quadratic Formula 4x^2-144=0

$4 x^{2} - 144 = 0$

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 $a = 4$ , $b = 0$ , and $c = - 144$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0^{2} - 4 \cdot (4 \cdot - 144)}}{2 \cdot 4}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 4 \cdot 4 \cdot - 144}}{2 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 4 \cdot - 144$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $4$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 16 \cdot - 144}}{2 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $- 16$ by $- 144$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 + 2304}}{2 \cdot 4}$

Add $0$ and $2304$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{2304}}{2 \cdot 4}$

Rewrite $2304$ as $48^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{48^{2}}}{2 \cdot 4}$

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

$x = \frac{0 \pm 48}{2 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $2$ by $4$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm 48}{8}$

Simplify $\frac{0 \pm 48}{8}$ .

$x = \pm 6$

Step 4

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 6, - 6$