To find the solutions to the quadratic equation
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Take the square root of both sides:
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This gives us two separate equations to solve:
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Solve for
in each case:-
For
: -
For
:
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Now we can identify the two solutions:
- The smaller solution is
. - The larger solution is
.
To approximate these values, we can use
- Smaller solution:
- Larger solution:
Thus, we summarize the solutions:
- The smaller of the two solutions is
. - The larger of the two solutions is
.
So the final answers are:
- The smaller of the two solutions is
. - The larger of the two solutions is
.