If 4l3m=15 and lm = 10, then find the value of 16l2+9m2?

1 Answer
Jul 7, 2016

l=10m

4(10m)3m=15

40m3m=15

403m2=15m

0=3m2+15m40

By the quadratic formula:

m=15±152(4×3×40)2×3

m=15±7056

l=1015±7056

l=6015±705

Now, we can do our calculation:

16(6015±705)2+9(15±7056)2

I will leave the rest of the simplification up to you.

Hopefully this helps!