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Quadratics and Cubics, SMB-034

Solve the equation  `21-4b^2=5b`  for `b.`  (2 marks)

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`b=7/4 \ text{or}\ -3`

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`21-4b^2` `=5b`
`4b^2+5b-21` `=0`
`(4b-7)(b+3)` `=0`

 

`4b-7` `=0` `text{or}\ \ \ \ b=-3`
`b` `=7/4`  

Filed Under: Quadratics and Cubics Tagged With: num-title-ct-pathc, smc-4386-35-Quadratics (Non-monic)

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