Question

which of the following statements BEST describes the solution(s) of 1/3x^2 + 1/6x = 3 ?

Answer 1

what are the statements? :P

Answer 2

a) no solution
b) 1 negative solution
c) 1 positive and 1 negative solutions
d) 2 positive solutions

Answer 3

Okay. So the easiest thing to do is subtract the 3 across giving.
(1/3)x^2+(1/6)x-3=0
I would multiply the whole thing by 6 to get rid of the fractions.
2x^2+x-18=0
using the quadratic formula you get:
\[(-1\pm \sqrt{(1)^2-4(2)(18)})/(2*2) \].
This gives you a negative in the square root. So no solutions. Choice A.
(in the real numbers that is :P)

Answer 4

Thank you soo much dude (:

Answer 5

No problem :)