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

$x^{2} - 144 = 0$

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 $a = 1$ , $b = 0$ , and $c = - 144$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 144)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

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

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 144}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 144$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 - 4 \cdot - 144}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 144$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{0 + 576}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $0$ and $576$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{576}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $576$ as $24^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm \sqrt{24^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

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

$x = \frac{0 \pm 24}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0 \pm 24}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{0 \pm 24}{2}$ .

$x = \pm 12$

Step 4

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 12, - 12$