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sqrt(4x+1) +3=0

2007-01-23 18:36:23 · 8 answers · asked by Pushpendra C 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

8 answers

The people answering 2 are absolute wrong

if it was 2, plug it in

sqrt(4*2+1)+3=0
sqrt(8+1)+3=0
sqrt(9)+3=0
3+3 = 0 not true

There is no real solution
sqrt(4x+1) = -3

2007-01-23 19:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by Bill F 6 · 0 0

sqrt(4x+1) = -3 Subtract three from both sides
4x+1 = 9 Square both sides to get rid of the root
4x = 8 Subtract one to leave the factor by itself
x = 2 Divide by 4 on both sides to determine the value of x

2007-01-24 02:46:24 · answer #2 · answered by Morphage 3 · 0 0

You have,
sqrt(4x+1) +3=0
So,
sqrt(4x+1) = -3

Squaring both sides,
4x +1 =9
4x = 8
x =2
Hence the solution is x=2

And there is no case of any negative root, only this answer will come as we are squaring both sides and not taking the
underroot.

2007-01-24 02:44:56 · answer #3 · answered by Amit B 2 · 0 0

sqrt(4x+1)=-3
sq. both sides
4x+1=9
4x=9-1
x=8/4
x=2

2007-01-24 02:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by naveed m 1 · 0 0

√[4x+1] = -3
4x + 1 = 9
4x = 8
x = 2

This works if you take the negative root only.

NOTE: √9 = ±3: 3 * 3 = 9, (-3) * (-3) = 9

Both Mathcad and Excel Solver give the solution as x = 2

2007-01-24 02:44:54 · answer #5 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0 0

The square root of any number can only be positive. (Positive x Positive = Positive, Negative x Negative = Positive, only Negative x Positive = Negative.) Since, no positive number plus 3 can equal 0, the equasion is invalid. It does not matter what 4x + 1 is equal to, because its square root is positive. There is no correct answer.

2007-01-24 02:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by nightracker303 2 · 0 1

This has no real solution.

But it probably has a complex solution. I'm too drunk and too tired to solve it for you, but I'll tell you how to approach it. Replace the real variable x by the complex variable Z= a+ib, where
i= sqrt(-1).
This gives you:
(5a +_4bi)^(1/2) = -3

Use Euler's Identity:
e^(ix) = cosx + isin(x)

This should yield a complex solution for z.

2007-01-24 02:45:32 · answer #7 · answered by Steve P 2 · 0 1

short and simple. x=2

2007-01-24 03:30:29 · answer #8 · answered by Az 3 · 0 0

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