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find the zeroes y-6x^2+13x+5 show your work

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GPT-4o mini
To find the zeroes of the quadratic equation \( y - 6x^2 + 13x + 5 = 0 \), we first set the equation to zero:

\[
-6x^2 + 13x + 5 = 0.
\]

To make it easier to work with, we could multiply the entire equation by -1:

\[
6x^2 - 13x - 5 = 0.
\]

Now, we will use the quadratic formula to find the roots of the equation, where the quadratic equation is given by \( ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \). In our case, \( a = 6 \), \( b = -13 \), and \( c = -5 \).

The quadratic formula is given by:

\[
x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}.
\]

1. **Calculate the discriminant** (\( b^2 - 4ac \)):

\[
b^2 = (-13)^2 = 169,
\]
\[
4ac = 4 \cdot 6 \cdot (-5) = -120.
\]
So,

\[
b^2 - 4ac = 169 - (-120) = 169 + 120 = 289.
\]

2. **Plug values into the formula**:

Now substitute \( a \), \( b \), and the discriminant into the quadratic formula:

\[
x = \frac{-(-13) \pm \sqrt{289}}{2 \cdot 6}.
\]

Calculating the square root:

\[
\sqrt{289} = 17.
\]

Substituting this back into the formula:

\[
x = \frac{13 \pm 17}{12}.
\]

3. **Solve for the two possible values of \( x \)**:

**First root:**

\[
x = \frac{13 + 17}{12} = \frac{30}{12} = \frac{5}{2} = 2.5.
\]

**Second root:**

\[
x = \frac{13 - 17}{12} = \frac{-4}{12} = \frac{-1}{3}.
\]

So the zeroes of the equation \( y - 6x^2 + 13x + 5 = 0 \) are:

\[
x = 2.5 \quad \text{and} \quad x = -\frac{1}{3}.
\]