Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 11 - Test - Page 380: 9

Answer

$$10,\ or, \ 3 .$$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $3x^2 -39x+90=x^2 -13x+30$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=1, \quad b=-13, \quad c=30.$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{13\pm \sqrt{13^2-4(1)(30)}}{2(1) }=10,\ or, \ 3 .$$
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