Question

Complete the square to solve the equation below x^2 + 10x - 13 = 17

Answer 1

Answer:

See below in exact form

or

2.42, -12.42   to the nearest hundredth.

Step-by-step explanation:

x^2 + 10x - 13 = 17

(x + 5)^2 - 25 - 13 = 17

(x + 5)^2 = 17 + 38 = 55

x + 5 = +/- √55

x =  -5 + √55,  -5 - √55.

Answer 2

Answer:

x =  -12.42    or  x = 2.42

Step-by-step explanation:

x^2 + 10x - 13 = 17

To solve this using the completing the square method, we will follow the  steps below;

First, we will add 13 to both side of the equation, we want only the x variable to be on the left-hand side of the equation

x^2 + 10x - 13 + 13 = 17 + 13

x^2 + 10x  = 30

The next step is to add both-side of the equation  by square of half of the coefficient of x (that is ; half of 10 is 5, then we will add 5²  to both-side of the equation)

x^2 + 10x + 5²  = 30 + 5²

Then we can now factorize the left-hand side of the equation and at the same time simplify the right-hand side of the equation

(x + 5)²   =   30 + 25

(x + 5)²   = 55

We will then take the square root of both-side of the equation

√(x + 5)²   = ±√55

x + 5  =  ±√55

To get the value of x, we will subtract 5 from both-side of the equation

 x + 5 - 5   =  ±√55 - 5

x =  ±√55  -  5

Either x = + √55 -5  = 7.42 -5 = 2.42

OR

x = -√55 - 5   = -7.42 - 5 = -12.42

Therefore either x =  -12.42    or  x = 2.42

 x =  -12.42    or   2.42