36x^2-60x=-17

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Solution for 36x^2-60x=-17 equation:


Simplifying
36x2 + -60x = -17

Reorder the terms:
-60x + 36x2 = -17

Solving
-60x + 36x2 = -17

Solving for variable 'x'.

Reorder the terms:
17 + -60x + 36x2 = -17 + 17

Combine like terms: -17 + 17 = 0
17 + -60x + 36x2 = 0

Begin completing the square.  Divide all terms by
36 the coefficient of the squared term: 

Divide each side by '36'.
0.4722222222 + -1.666666667x + x2 = 0

Move the constant term to the right:

Add '-0.4722222222' to each side of the equation.
0.4722222222 + -1.666666667x + -0.4722222222 + x2 = 0 + -0.4722222222

Reorder the terms:
0.4722222222 + -0.4722222222 + -1.666666667x + x2 = 0 + -0.4722222222

Combine like terms: 0.4722222222 + -0.4722222222 = 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 + -1.666666667x + x2 = 0 + -0.4722222222
-1.666666667x + x2 = 0 + -0.4722222222

Combine like terms: 0 + -0.4722222222 = -0.4722222222
-1.666666667x + x2 = -0.4722222222

The x term is -1.666666667x.  Take half its coefficient (-0.8333333335).
Square it (0.6944444447) and add it to both sides.

Add '0.6944444447' to each side of the equation.
-1.666666667x + 0.6944444447 + x2 = -0.4722222222 + 0.6944444447

Reorder the terms:
0.6944444447 + -1.666666667x + x2 = -0.4722222222 + 0.6944444447

Combine like terms: -0.4722222222 + 0.6944444447 = 0.2222222225
0.6944444447 + -1.666666667x + x2 = 0.2222222225

Factor a perfect square on the left side:
(x + -0.8333333335)(x + -0.8333333335) = 0.2222222225

Calculate the square root of the right side: 0.471404521

Break this problem into two subproblems by setting 
(x + -0.8333333335) equal to 0.471404521 and -0.471404521.

Subproblem 1

x + -0.8333333335 = 0.471404521 Simplifying x + -0.8333333335 = 0.471404521 Reorder the terms: -0.8333333335 + x = 0.471404521 Solving -0.8333333335 + x = 0.471404521 Solving for variable 'x'. Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '0.8333333335' to each side of the equation. -0.8333333335 + 0.8333333335 + x = 0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 Combine like terms: -0.8333333335 + 0.8333333335 = 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 + x = 0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 x = 0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 Combine like terms: 0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 = 1.3047378545 x = 1.3047378545 Simplifying x = 1.3047378545

Subproblem 2

x + -0.8333333335 = -0.471404521 Simplifying x + -0.8333333335 = -0.471404521 Reorder the terms: -0.8333333335 + x = -0.471404521 Solving -0.8333333335 + x = -0.471404521 Solving for variable 'x'. Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '0.8333333335' to each side of the equation. -0.8333333335 + 0.8333333335 + x = -0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 Combine like terms: -0.8333333335 + 0.8333333335 = 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 + x = -0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 x = -0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 Combine like terms: -0.471404521 + 0.8333333335 = 0.3619288125 x = 0.3619288125 Simplifying x = 0.3619288125

Solution

The solution to the problem is based on the solutions from the subproblems. x = {1.3047378545, 0.3619288125}

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