Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Determine all real roots of the equation x^2-9=-6/(x^2-4)?

First, we'll re-write the number 9, from the left side,
as - 4 - 5 We'll re-write the equation:


x^2 - 4 - 5 =
-6/(x^2-4)


We notice that we've created the structure x^2 -
4.


We'll note x^2 - 4 = t


t  -
5 = -6/t


We'll multiply by t both
sides:


t^2 - 5t  + 6 = 0


We'll
apply quadratic formula:


t1 = [5 + sqrt(25 -
24)]/2


t1= (5+1)/2


t1
=3


t2 = (5-1)/2


t2 =
2


We'll put x^2 - 4 = t1 => x^2 - 4 =
3


x^2 = 7


x1 = sqrt7 and x2 =
-sqrt7


We'll put x^2 - 4 = t2 => x^2 - 4=
2


x^2 =6


x3 = sqrt6 and x4 =
-sqrt6


The all 4 real solutions of the
equation are: {-sqrt7 ; -sqrt6 ; sqrt6 ; sqrt7}.

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