Algebra Examples

$4 x^{2} + 5 x + 2 = 2 x^{2} + 7 x - 1$

Step 1

Move all terms containing $x$ to the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $2 x^{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 x^{2} + 5 x + 2 - 2 x^{2} = 7 x - 1$

Step 1.2

Subtract $7 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 x^{2} + 5 x + 2 - 2 x^{2} - 7 x = - 1$

Step 1.3

Subtract $2 x^{2}$ from $4 x^{2}$ .

$2 x^{2} + 5 x + 2 - 7 x = - 1$

Step 1.4

Subtract $7 x$ from $5 x$ .

$2 x^{2} - 2 x + 2 = - 1$

Step 2

Move all terms to the left side of the equation and simplify.

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Step 2.1

Add $1$ to both sides of the equation.

$2 x^{2} - 2 x + 2 + 1 = 0$

Step 2.2

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$2 x^{2} - 2 x + 3 = 0$

Step 3

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

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

Step 4

Substitute the values $a = 2$ , $b = - 2$ , and $c = 3$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{2 \pm \sqrt{{(- 2)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (2 \cdot 3)}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5

Simplify.

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Step 5.1

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 5.1.1

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

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4 \cdot 2 \cdot 3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.2

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$ .

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Step 5.1.2.1

Multiply $- 4$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 8 \cdot 3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.2.2

Multiply $- 8$ by $3$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 24}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.3

Subtract $24$ from $4$ .

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

Step 5.1.4

Rewrite $- 20$ as $- 1 (20)$ .

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

Step 5.1.5

Rewrite $\sqrt{- 1 (20)}$ as $\sqrt{- 1} \cdot \sqrt{20}$ .

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

Step 5.1.6

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

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{20}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.7

Rewrite $20$ as $2^{2} \cdot 5$ .

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Step 5.1.7.1

Factor $4$ out of $20$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{4 (5)}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.7.2

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

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot \sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 5}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.8

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$x = \frac{2 \pm i \cdot (2 \sqrt{5})}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.1.9

Move $2$ to the left of $i$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm 2 i \sqrt{5}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 5.2

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm 2 i \sqrt{5}}{4}$

Step 5.3

Simplify $\frac{2 \pm 2 i \sqrt{5}}{4}$ .

$x = \frac{1 \pm i \sqrt{5}}{2}$

Step 6