Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 12 - Cumulative Review - Page 447: 22

Answer

$4.22, \ or, \ -1.72 .$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $4x^2 -10x-29 = 0$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=4, \quad b=-10, \quad c=-29 .$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{10 \pm \sqrt{100+4(4)(29)}}{8 }=4.22, \ or, \ -1.72 .$$
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