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OpenStudy (anonymous):

6/t^2 - 17/t + 5 = 0 Help plz, how do I make this into ax^2 + bx + c

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help plz

OpenStudy (imstuck):

Ok, since those first two terms are fractions, and you are dealing with an equation, your goal here is to eliminate the fraction by finding the LCM of the denominators.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So I have to make the denominators the same right ?

OpenStudy (imstuck):

\[\frac{ 6 }{ x ^{2} }-\frac{ 17 }{ x }+5=0\]Yes, I changed the t's to x's since that is the general form usually. In order to "get rid of" the t and the t-squared in the denominators of the first two terms, what would you have to multiply the terms by? Do you know? Your goal, like I said, is to totally eliminate the denominators altogether.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So I have to multiply X to the other side

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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