Thread: finding roots

how come I get different roots for
-5t^2 +25t -30 ?
by factorizing I get t=1 or t=-6
by -b formula I get t=2 or t=3?

Originally Posted by wolfhound

how come I get different roots for
-5t^2 +25t -30 ?
by factorizing I get t=1 or t=-6
by -b formula I get t=2 or t=3?

The formula roots are correct, the other roots are wrong, and if you don't tell us how you arrived at them we cannot tell you why.

(and you could have checked these yourself by substituting them back into the equation)

CB

Originally Posted by CaptainBlack

The formula roots are correct, the other roots are wrong, and if you don't tell us how you arrived at them we cannot tell you why.

(and you could have checked these yourself by substituting them back into the equation)

CB

I know now..I took 5 out as a common factor and then left -t^2 as a + t^2 instead of - resulting in wrong factoring thanks!