Thread: Quadratic equation - help

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h=16t^2+vt+s (Solve for t)
h-h=16t^2+vt+s-h
0=16t^2+vt+s-h
a=16,b=v,c=s-h
t= (-b±[sqrt](b^2-4ac))/2a
t=(-v±[sqrt]((v)^2-4(16)(s-h) ))/2(16) 
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-4(16s-16h) ))/32
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-64s+64h))/32
t=(-v±v+8s+8h)/32
t=(-v±)/32 v/32+8s/32+8h/32
Is this correct??

Originally Posted by mcruz65

h=16t^2+vt+s (Solve for t)
h-h=16t^2+vt+s-h
0=16t^2+vt+s-h
a=16,b=v,c=s-h
t= (-b±[sqrt](b^2-4ac))/2a
t=(-v±[sqrt]((v)^2-4(16)(s-h) ))/2(16)
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-4(16s-16h) ))/32
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-64s+64h))/32 ok up to here
t=(-v±v+8s+8h)/32 this is incorrect

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Originally Posted by mcruz65

Code:

h=16t^2+vt+s (Solve for t)
h-h=16t^2+vt+s-h
0=16t^2+vt+s-h
a=16,b=v,c=s-h
t= (-b±[sqrt](b^2-4ac))/2a
t=(-v±[sqrt]((v)^2-4(16)(s-h) ))/2(16) 
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-4(16s-16h) ))/32
t=(-v±[sqrt](v^2-64s+64h))/32
t=(-v±v+8s+8h)/32
t=(-v±)/32 v/32+8s/32+8h/32
Is this correct??

Hi mcruz,

you cannot take the by taking the square root of each term (almost).