h^2+5h=295

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Solution for h^2+5h=295 equation:


Simplifying
h2 + 5h = 295

Reorder the terms:
5h + h2 = 295

Solving
5h + h2 = 295

Solving for variable 'h'.

Reorder the terms:
-295 + 5h + h2 = 295 + -295

Combine like terms: 295 + -295 = 0
-295 + 5h + h2 = 0

Begin completing the square.

Move the constant term to the right:

Add '295' to each side of the equation.
-295 + 5h + 295 + h2 = 0 + 295

Reorder the terms:
-295 + 295 + 5h + h2 = 0 + 295

Combine like terms: -295 + 295 = 0
0 + 5h + h2 = 0 + 295
5h + h2 = 0 + 295

Combine like terms: 0 + 295 = 295
5h + h2 = 295

The h term is 5h.  Take half its coefficient (2.5).
Square it (6.25) and add it to both sides.

Add '6.25' to each side of the equation.
5h + 6.25 + h2 = 295 + 6.25

Reorder the terms:
6.25 + 5h + h2 = 295 + 6.25

Combine like terms: 295 + 6.25 = 301.25
6.25 + 5h + h2 = 301.25

Factor a perfect square on the left side:
(h + 2.5)(h + 2.5) = 301.25

Calculate the square root of the right side: 17.356554958

Break this problem into two subproblems by setting 
(h + 2.5) equal to 17.356554958 and -17.356554958.

Subproblem 1

h + 2.5 = 17.356554958 Simplifying h + 2.5 = 17.356554958 Reorder the terms: 2.5 + h = 17.356554958 Solving 2.5 + h = 17.356554958 Solving for variable 'h'. Move all terms containing h to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '-2.5' to each side of the equation. 2.5 + -2.5 + h = 17.356554958 + -2.5 Combine like terms: 2.5 + -2.5 = 0.0 0.0 + h = 17.356554958 + -2.5 h = 17.356554958 + -2.5 Combine like terms: 17.356554958 + -2.5 = 14.856554958 h = 14.856554958 Simplifying h = 14.856554958

Subproblem 2

h + 2.5 = -17.356554958 Simplifying h + 2.5 = -17.356554958 Reorder the terms: 2.5 + h = -17.356554958 Solving 2.5 + h = -17.356554958 Solving for variable 'h'. Move all terms containing h to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '-2.5' to each side of the equation. 2.5 + -2.5 + h = -17.356554958 + -2.5 Combine like terms: 2.5 + -2.5 = 0.0 0.0 + h = -17.356554958 + -2.5 h = -17.356554958 + -2.5 Combine like terms: -17.356554958 + -2.5 = -19.856554958 h = -19.856554958 Simplifying h = -19.856554958

Solution

The solution to the problem is based on the solutions from the subproblems. h = {14.856554958, -19.856554958}

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