Solve x2=2564

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by inspection. There are two real solutions. Enter the lesser number first. Leave the answers in simplest fraction form.

1 answer

To solve the equation \( x^2 = \frac{2564}{25} \), we first simplify the fraction:

\[ \frac{2564}{25} = 102.56 \]

Next, we can rewrite the equation as:

\[ x^2 = 102.56 \]

Taking the square root of both sides gives us two possible solutions:

\[ x = \sqrt{102.56} \quad \text{and} \quad x = -\sqrt{102.56} \]

Calculating the square root:

\[ \sqrt{102.56} = 10.126 \]

Thus, the two solutions are:

\[ x \approx 10.126 \quad \text{and} \quad x \approx -10.126 \]

To express these in simplest fraction form, we can recognize that:

\[ \sqrt{\frac{2564}{25}} = \frac{\sqrt{2564}}{\sqrt{25}} = \frac{\sqrt{2564}}{5} \]

Now, let's simplify \( \sqrt{2564} \):

2564 can be factored into \( 4 \times 641 \), so:

\[ \sqrt{2564} = \sqrt{4 \times 641} = 2\sqrt{641} \]

Putting this back into our expression gives:

\[ x = \frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5} \quad \text{and} \quad x = -\frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5} \]

Therefore, the two real solutions for the equation \( x^2 = \frac{2564}{25} \) in simplest fraction form are:

\[ -\frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5}, \frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5} \]

You can write them in order as:

\[ \boxed{-\frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5}, \frac{2\sqrt{641}}{5}} \]