Ok lets see...
alright lets make these look better.
x(x−4)(x−5)(x−4)=4(x−5)(x−4)(x−5)
alright more simplifying:
x(x−4)=4(x−5)
x2−4x=4x−20
x2−8x+20=0
Oh yay! A quadratic equation! Now time to solve!
Ok so:
x+y=−8,xy=20
x=−8−y
Substitute this into xy = 20 and you will get
(x=−4+2i,y=−4−2ix=−4−2i,y=−4+2i)
so x is NOT 4±2i but it is -4\pm2i so yeah!
If anyone can check my work that would be great
Sorry, i tried typing in -4\pm2i and it said it was incorrect. Thank you tho for your effort in helping me!
We have:
x/x-5 = 4/x-4
Multiply by (x-5) and by (x-4) to both sides
x(x-4) = 4(x-5)
x^2 - 4x = 4x - 20
Put the left side on the right...
x^2 - 8x + 20 = 0
We find factors of 20 that multiply to 20, but add to -8 (we realize factors must be negative...)
Instead, we can just put this into our quadratic formula:
x=−b±√b2−4ac2a
So we have:
8 +/- root(64 - 80) }/2
8 +/- root(-16) }/2
8 +/- 4i
4 +/- 2i
So the answer should be 4 +/- 2i, note that the 4 is positive...
(If this answer is incorrect please notify me as I would be happy to help) (But you did say this is incorrect, so I don't know what's going wrong here...)
x(x−4)=4(x−5)
x2−4x=4x−20
x2−8x+20=0
x=−b±√b2−4ac2a
x=8±√−162
x=8±4i2
x=4±2i
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