Algebra Examples

$x^{2} = 2 x - 5$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $2 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} - 2 x = - 5$

Step 1.2

Add $5$ to both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} - 2 x + 5 = 0$

Step 2

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

$\frac{- b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4 (a c)}}{2 a}$

Step 3

Substitute the values $a = 1$ , $b = - 2$ , and $c = 5$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{2 \pm \sqrt{{(- 2)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot 5)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4

Simplify.

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Step 4.1

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 4.1.1

Raise $- 2$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 5}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.2

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 5$ .

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Step 4.1.2.1

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4 \cdot 5}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.2.2

Multiply $- 4$ by $5$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 20}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.3

Subtract $20$ from $4$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{- 16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.4

Rewrite $- 16$ as $- 1 (16)$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{- 1 \cdot 16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.5

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1 (16)}$ as $\sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{16}$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.6

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1}$ as $i$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.7

Rewrite $16$ as $4^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{4^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.8

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot 4}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.1.9

Move $4$ to the left of $i$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm 4 i}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4.2

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm 4 i}{2}$

Step 4.3

Simplify $\frac{2 \pm 4 i}{2}$ .

$x = 1 \pm 2 i$