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Rosie
Rosie

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Pls help asap ty

Date Posted: 2 months ago
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sstrike
Sstrike
2 months ago
by completing the square

(a)
-x²+6x+5 = 0

x²-6x = 5
(x-3)² = 5+3² = 14

x = 3±√14 (Ans)


(b)
2x²-8x+14 = 0

x²-4x+7 = 0

x²-4x = -7
(x-2)² = 2²-7 = -3

x = 2±√(-3) (Ans)
Rosie
Rosie
2 months ago
So is there no solution? -3 cannot be square root?
sstrike
Sstrike
2 months ago
-3 is negative
so the answer will be complex numbers
Su Quan Yuan
Su Quan Yuan
2 months ago
Therefore need to reject and hence, no real solutions at all. Our secondary school syllabus covers only real numbers. We don’t study complex numbers at secondary school level.

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