1. Originally Posted by BlueStar
You mean y = 9 +- 119i / -2?
no, $y = \frac {9 \mp \sqrt {119}~i}{2}$

2. Originally Posted by BlueStar
You mean y = 9 +- 119i / -2?
Actually, no.

$y = -x^2 = - \left ( \frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2} \right ) = \frac{9 \mp i \sqrt{119}}{2}$

(There was a typo about the square root sign earlier.)

-Dan

3. Originally Posted by topsquark

(There was a typo about the square root sign earlier.)
yes, you are correct. i shall change my posts

4. Okay.

I'll have to be led through on solving this. I cannot brain today, I have the dumb.

5. Originally Posted by Jhevon
$x^4 + 9x^2 + 50 = 0$
$x^2 = \frac{-9 \pm \sqrt{9^2 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot 50}}{2 \cdot 1} = \frac{-9 \pm \sqrt{-119}}{2}$

So
$x^2 = \frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2}$

A brief diversion:
$y = -x^2 = - \left ( \frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2} \right ) = \frac{9 \mp i \sqrt{119}}{2}$

Again,
$x^2 = \frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2}$

So
$x =\pm \sqrt{\frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2}}$ <-- The two $\pm$ symbols do not have any relation to each other.

This is technically an unsimplified answer, but in your case I'd leave it like this.

So the solution set is the four points:
The two points
$\left ( \sqrt{\frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2}} , \frac{9 \mp i \sqrt{119}}{2} \right )$
and the two points
$\left (- \sqrt{\frac{-9 \pm i \sqrt{119}}{2}} , \frac{9 \mp i \sqrt{119}}{2} \right )$

-Dan

6. Are those supposed to be the final solutions? Because that seems wrong. It's for a multiple question, and the solution answers only consist of variations of 0 and 5.

7. Originally Posted by BlueStar
Are those supposed to be the final solutions? Because that seems wrong. It's for a multiple question, and the solution answers only consist of variations of 0 and 5.
0 and 5 are not solutions to the equations you've posted. the minus sign in from of $(y - 5)^2$ did away with that possibility. 0 would be a solution for x if it was plus

8. Originally Posted by Jhevon
x = 0 is NOT a solution (if we have x = 0, that would lead to -25 = 25), and if it was, since y = -x^2, if x = 0, then y = 0, so a solution would be (0,0)

I don't think I wrote the question wrong.

9. Originally Posted by BlueStar

I don't think I wrote the question wrong.
i told you, (0,0) is only a solution if you have a + (y - 5)^2. otherwise, there are NO real solutions. if you did not type the question wrong, topsquark's solutions are correct and the solutions you have are wrong. go back to the question and make sure you have the signs right

10. Nope, the signs are right.

11. Originally Posted by BlueStar
Nope, the signs are right.
then topsquark's solution is correct

12. Then either the quiz is wrong or topsquark is, or something weird's going on.

13. Originally Posted by BlueStar
Then either the quiz is wrong or topsquark is, or something weird's going on.
something weird is going on

14. Well, I just selected the answer as (0,0) and it was correct.

15. Originally Posted by BlueStar
Well, I just selected the answer as (0,0) and it was correct.
that simply means the minus should have been a plus. good going. it was the best choice of all that were there

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