Resolve the Equation: 5x² + 7x + 9 = (2x-1)(2x+1)

Question

Solve the following equation:

5x2+7x+9=(2x1)(2x+1) 5x^{2}+7x+9=(2x-1)(2x+1)

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve
00:11 Let's use the abbreviated multiplication formulas
00:35 Open the parentheses, calculate 2 squared
00:44 Arrange the equation so that the right side equals 0
01:00 Collect terms
01:11 Use the abbreviated multiplication formulas and find two numbers
01:15 whose sum equals 7
01:19 and their product equals 10
01:24 These are the matching numbers
01:31 Find the possible solutions that make the equation equal zero
01:45 And this is the solution to the problem

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's begin by focusing on the right side of the equation:

(2x-1)(2x+1)

We must first open the parentheses whilst multiplying all the terms as needed:

2x*2x+2x*1+-1*2x+-1*1

4x^2+2x-2x-1
4x^2-1

Let's now return to the original equation, and move all terms to the same side.

5X^2+7x+9=4X^2-1
5X^2-4X^2+7x+9+1=0
X^2+7X+10=0

We are left with a simple quadratic equation, which can be solved using any method we desire (factoring or the quadratic formula).

Therefore the final solution is:

X= -2,-5

Answer

2-,5-