Question

11/2+3x=-5 by the power of 2 /2 I keep getting the same exact answer of 7/3 but my book says -6 . I have checked this problem 10 times and it keeps coming out to the same outcome could someone elaborate on what i am doing wrong. The book says the answer is -6 how is that possible?

Answer 1

Is the equation \[\frac{ 11 }{ 2+3x }= -5\]?

Answer 2

No its 11/2 +3x= -5 to the power of 2 / by 2

Answer 3

\[\frac{ 11 }{ 2 }+3x=\frac{ -5^2 }{ 2}\]

Answer 4

11/2+3x=-25/2

Answer 5

i keep getting 7/3

Answer 6

3x=-36/2

Answer 7

x=-6

Answer 8

oh wtf

Answer 9

do that agin

Answer 10

-5^2/2=-25/2

Answer 11

but (-5)^2/2=25/2, which is the part where you had a problem with

Answer 12

thats impossible you have 11/2+3x= 25/2

Answer 13

how did you get to 36

Answer 14

11/2+3x= -25/2

Answer 15

yes if you divided you get a mixed number

Answer 16

but that has no effect on the product so how did you do it

Answer 17

3x= -25/2-11/2

Answer 18

3x=-36/2

Answer 19

3x=-18

Answer 20

woah how did you move it

Answer 21

11/2+3x-11/2= -25/2-11/2

Answer 22

5 times 5 is a positive not a negative

Answer 23

-5^2=-25

Answer 24

without a bracket, its still negative

Answer 25

wtf

Answer 26

(-5)^2=25

Answer 27

i never knew this

Answer 28

now it would make sense

Answer 29

but how

Answer 30

-5 squared without a bracket is 25 isolated by itself

Answer 31

thats impossible

Answer 32

its a whole fraction you're dealing with \[\frac{ -5^2 }{ 2}=\frac{ 5^2 }{ -2}\]

Answer 33

oh pellet

Answer 34

oh pellet you mean the whole fraction was negative so the numerator can't be negative by itself?

Answer 35

thats very misleading then sense the book put -5 negative in itself

Answer 36

yeah, think of it like this \[-(\frac{ 5^2 }{ 2})\]

Answer 37

Oh ok let me preform the problem

Answer 38

Beautiful