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Friday, March 20, 2020

2020/009) Solve in real (x+4)(x+5)(x+6)(x+7) = 1680

We have as  4+7 = 5 + 6

((x+4)(x+7))((x+5)(x+6)) = 1680
Or x^2+11x+28)(x^2+11x+30) = 1680
Putting x^2+11x + 29= t we get
(t-1)(t+1) = 1680
Or t^2 -1 = 1680 or t^2 = 1681 or t=\pm 41

So we get 2 equations x^2+11x+29=41 or x^2+11x+29=-41

1st equation gives x^2+11x-12=0 or (x+12)(x-1) = 0 giving x = -12,1

x^2+11x+29=-41 giving x^2+11x+70=0 does not have real root



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