How do you solve x2+14x+49=19?

1 Answer
May 22, 2018

x2+14x+49=19 has the two solutions x=7±19
(i.e. x1=719 and x2=7+19)

Explanation:

The first I notice is that 14=27, and 49=72

Please also remember that (x+a)2=x2+2a+a2
Therefore x2+14x+49=(x+7)2=19

It follows, therefore, that
x+7=±19

We, therefore, have two values of x here:
x=7±19