Solve Using the Quadratic Formula x(8x-3)=11

$x (8 x - 3) = 11$

Step 1

Move all terms to the left side of the equation and simplify.

Simplify the left side.

Simplify $x (8 x - 3)$ .

Simplify by multiplying through.

Apply the distributive property.

$x (8 x) + x \cdot - 3 = 11$

Reorder.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$8 x \cdot x + x \cdot - 3 = 11$

Move $- 3$ to the left of $x$ .

$8 x \cdot x - 3 \cdot x = 11$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$8 (x \cdot x) - 3 \cdot x = 11$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$8 x^{2} - 3 \cdot x = 11$

$8 x^{2} - 3 x = 11$

Subtract $11$ from both sides of the equation.

$8 x^{2} - 3 x - 11 = 0$

Step 2

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

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

Step 3

Substitute the values $a = 8$ , $b = - 3$ , and $c = - 11$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{3 \pm \sqrt{{(- 3)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (8 \cdot - 11)}}{2 \cdot 8}$

Step 4

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 3$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm \sqrt{9 - 4 \cdot 8 \cdot - 11}}{2 \cdot 8}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 8 \cdot - 11$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $8$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm \sqrt{9 - 32 \cdot - 11}}{2 \cdot 8}$

Multiply $- 32$ by $- 11$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm \sqrt{9 + 352}}{2 \cdot 8}$

Add $9$ and $352$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm \sqrt{361}}{2 \cdot 8}$

Rewrite $361$ as $19^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm \sqrt{19^{2}}}{2 \cdot 8}$

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

$x = \frac{3 \pm 19}{2 \cdot 8}$

Multiply $2$ by $8$ .

$x = \frac{3 \pm 19}{16}$

Step 5

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = \frac{11}{8}, - 1$

Solve Using the Quadratic Formula x(8x-3)=11

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