Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x^2)/2=5x-17

$\frac{x^{2}}{2} = 5 x - 17$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

Subtract $5 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{x^{2}}{2} - 5 x = - 17$

Add $17$ to both sides of the equation.

$\frac{x^{2}}{2} - 5 x + 17 = 0$

Step 2

Multiply through by the least common denominator $2$ , then simplify.

Apply the distributive property.

$2 (\frac{x^{2}}{2}) + 2 (- 5 x) + 2 \cdot 17 = 0$

Simplify.

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$2 (\frac{x^{2}}{2}) + 2 (- 5 x) + 2 \cdot 17 = 0$

Rewrite the expression.

$x^{2} + 2 (- 5 x) + 2 \cdot 17 = 0$

Multiply $- 5$ by $2$ .

$x^{2} - 10 x + 2 \cdot 17 = 0$

Multiply $2$ by $17$ .

$x^{2} - 10 x + 34 = 0$

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 $a = 1$ , $b = - 10$ , and $c = 34$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{10 \pm \sqrt{{(- 10)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot 34)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 5

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 10$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{100 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 34}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 34$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{100 - 4 \cdot 34}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $34$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{100 - 136}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Subtract $136$ from $100$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{- 36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $- 36$ as $- 1 (36)$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{- 1 \cdot 36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1 (36)}$ as $\sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{36}$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm \sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1}$ as $i$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{36}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $36$ as $6^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{6^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

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

$x = \frac{10 \pm i \cdot 6}{2 \cdot 1}$

Move $6$ to the left of $i$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm 6 i}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{10 \pm 6 i}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{10 \pm 6 i}{2}$ .

$x = 5 \pm 3 i$

Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x^2)/2=5x-17

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