Question
Solve the equation
y∈/R
Alternative Form
No real solution
Evaluate
7y+y4+2=−34
Multiply both sides of the equation by LCD
(7y+y4+2)×3y=−34×3y
Simplify the equation
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Evaluate
(7y+y4+2)×3y
Apply the distributive property
7y×3y+y4×3y+2×3y
Simplify
7y×3y+4×3+2×3y
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
7y×3y
Multiply the numbers
21y×y
Multiply the terms
21y2
21y2+4×3+2×3y
Multiply the numbers
21y2+12+2×3y
Multiply the numbers
21y2+12+6y
21y2+12+6y=−34×3y
Simplify the equation
21y2+12+6y=−4y
Move the expression to the left side
21y2+12+6y−(−4y)=0
Calculate the sum or difference
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Evaluate
21y2+12+6y−(−4y)
If a negative sign or a subtraction symbol appears outside parentheses, remove the parentheses and change the sign of every term within the parentheses
21y2+12+6y+4y
Add the terms
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Evaluate
6y+4y
Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients
(6+4)y
Add the numbers
10y
21y2+12+10y
21y2+12+10y=0
Rewrite in standard form
21y2+10y+12=0
Substitute a=21,b=10 and c=12 into the quadratic formula y=2a−b±b2−4ac
y=2×21−10±102−4×21×12
Simplify the expression
y=42−10±102−4×21×12
Simplify the expression
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Evaluate
102−4×21×12
Multiply the terms
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Multiply the terms
4×21×12
Multiply the terms
84×12
Multiply the numbers
1008
102−1008
Evaluate the power
100−1008
Subtract the numbers
−908
y=42−10±−908
Solution
y∈/R
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