x^2-17=4(x+1)

Solution for x^2-17=4(x+1) equation:

x^2-17=4(x+1)

We move all terms to the left:

x^2-17-(4(x+1))=0


We calculate terms in parentheses: -(4(x+1)), so:

4(x+1)

We multiply parentheses

4x+4

Back to the equation:

-(4x+4)


We get rid of parentheses

x^2-4x-4-17=0

We add all the numbers together, and all the variables

x^2-4x-21=0

a = 1; b = -4; c = -21;
Δ = b2-4ac
Δ = -42-4·1·(-21)
Δ = 100
The delta value is higher than zero, so the equation has two solutions
We use following formulas to calculate our solutions:
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$
$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$

$\sqrt{\Delta}=\sqrt{100}=10$
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(-4)-10}{2*1}=\frac{-6}{2}
=-3
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$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(-4)+10}{2*1}=\frac{14}{2}
=7
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