Equation problem

**jimutt** · Sep 5th 2011, 11:29 AM

Hi!

Could someone please solve this for me and explain how to do?
(3/5)x^2 - 2x -5 = 0

I know how to solve this kind of equations but I don't know how to do when I have (3/5)X^2. Because I'm told to multiply the x-term so that it'll be 1. But if I do that I get 10x. And that'll cause problems later on when I'm supposed to get the square root of ten

**skeeter** · Sep 5th 2011, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by jimutt

Hi!

Could someone please solve this for me and explain how to do?
(3/5)x^2 - 2x -5 = 0

I know how to solve this kind of equations but I don't know how to do when I have (3/5)X^2. Because I'm told to multiply the x-term so that it'll be 1. But if I do that I get 10x. And that'll cause problems later on when I'm supposed to get the square root of ten

multiply every term by 5 to clear the fraction ...

$3x^2 - 10x - 25 = 0$

factor or use the quadratic formula

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