Finite Math Examples

$0 = 2 x^{2} + 4 x + 2$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation as $2 x^{2} + 4 x + 2 = 0$ .

$2 x^{2} + 4 x + 2 = 0$

Step 2

Factor the left side of the equation.

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Step 2.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 x^{2} + 4 x + 2$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 x^{2}$ .

$2 (x^{2}) + 4 x + 2 = 0$

Step 2.1.2

Factor $2$ out of $4 x$ .

$2 (x^{2}) + 2 (2 x) + 2 = 0$

Step 2.1.3

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$2 (x^{2}) + 2 (2 x) + 2 (1) = 0$

Step 2.1.4

Factor $2$ out of $2 (x^{2}) + 2 (2 x)$ .

$2 (x^{2} + 2 x) + 2 (1) = 0$

Step 2.1.5

Factor $2$ out of $2 (x^{2} + 2 x) + 2 (1)$ .

$2 (x^{2} + 2 x + 1) = 0$

Step 2.2

Factor using the perfect square rule.

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Step 2.2.1

Rewrite $1$ as $1^{2}$ .

$2 (x^{2} + 2 x + 1^{2}) = 0$

Step 2.2.2

Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.

$2 x = 2 \cdot x \cdot 1$

Step 2.2.3

Rewrite the polynomial.

$2 (x^{2} + 2 \cdot x \cdot 1 + 1^{2}) = 0$

Step 2.2.4

Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule $a^{2} + 2 a b + b^{2} = {(a + b)}^{2}$ , where $a = x$ and $b = 1$ .

$2 {(x + 1)}^{2} = 0$

Step 3

Divide each term in $2 {(x + 1)}^{2} = 0$ by $2$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $2 {(x + 1)}^{2} = 0$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 {(x + 1)}^{2}}{2} = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 {(x + 1)}^{2}}{2} = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide ${(x + 1)}^{2}$ by $1$ .

${(x + 1)}^{2} = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.1

Divide $0$ by $2$ .

${(x + 1)}^{2} = 0$

Step 4

Set the $x + 1$ equal to $0$ .

$x + 1 = 0$

Step 5

Subtract $1$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - 1$

Step 6