Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 11 - Review - Page 380: 26

Answer

$0.6 + 0.663j,\ or, \ 0.6 - 0.663j$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $5x^2 -6x+4 = 0$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=5, \quad b=-6, \quad c=4 .$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{6 \pm \sqrt{36-80}}{2(5) }=0.6 + 0.663j,\ or, \ 0.6 - 0.663j .$$
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