5/4x-17=x-18

Solution for 5/4x-17=x-18 equation:

5/4x-17=x-18

We move all terms to the left:

5/4x-17-(x-18)=0


Domain of the equation: 4x!=0

x!=0/4

x!=0

x∈R


We get rid of parentheses

5/4x-x+18-17=0

We multiply all the terms by the denominator


-x*4x+18*4x-17*4x+5=0

Wy multiply elements

-4x^2+72x-68x+5=0

We add all the numbers together, and all the variables

-4x^2+4x+5=0

a = -4; b = 4; c = +5;
Δ = b2-4ac
Δ = 42-4·(-4)·5
Δ = 96
The delta value is higher than zero, so the equation has two solutions
We use following formulas to calculate our solutions:
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$
$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$

The end solution:

$\sqrt{\Delta}=\sqrt{96}=\sqrt{16*6}=\sqrt{16}*\sqrt{6}=4\sqrt{6}$
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(4)-4\sqrt{6}}{2*-4}=\frac{-4-4\sqrt{6}}{-8}
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$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(4)+4\sqrt{6}}{2*-4}=\frac{-4+4\sqrt{6}}{-8}
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