2x^2-20x=-50

Solution for 2x^2-20x=-50 equation:

Simplifying
2x2 + -20x = -50

Reorder the terms:
-20x + 2x2 = -50

Solving
-20x + 2x2 = -50

Solving for variable 'x'.

Reorder the terms:
50 + -20x + 2x2 = -50 + 50

Combine like terms: -50 + 50 = 0
50 + -20x + 2x2 = 0

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '2'.
2(25 + -10x + x2) = 0

Factor a trinomial.
2((5 + -1x)(5 + -1x)) = 0

Ignore the factor 2.
Subproblem 1
Set the factor '(5 + -1x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
5 + -1x = 0

Solving
5 + -1x = 0

Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-5' to each side of the equation.
5 + -5 + -1x = 0 + -5

Combine like terms: 5 + -5 = 0
0 + -1x = 0 + -5
-1x = 0 + -5

Combine like terms: 0 + -5 = -5
-1x = -5

Divide each side by '-1'.
x = 5

Simplifying
x = 5
Subproblem 2
Set the factor '(5 + -1x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
5 + -1x = 0

Solving
5 + -1x = 0

Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-5' to each side of the equation.
5 + -5 + -1x = 0 + -5

Combine like terms: 5 + -5 = 0
0 + -1x = 0 + -5
-1x = 0 + -5

Combine like terms: 0 + -5 = -5
-1x = -5

Divide each side by '-1'.
x = 5

Simplifying
x = 5
Solution
x = {5, 5}