Question
Solve the equation
z∈/R
Alternative Form
No real solution
Evaluate
z+(z16+2)=6
Remove the parentheses
z+z16+2=6
Multiply both sides of the equation by LCD
(z+z16+2)z=6z
Simplify the equation
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Evaluate
(z+z16+2)z
Apply the distributive property
z×z+z16×z+2z
Simplify
z×z+16+2z
Multiply the terms
z2+16+2z
z2+16+2z=6z
Move the expression to the left side
z2+16+2z−6z=0
Subtract the terms
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Evaluate
2z−6z
Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients
(2−6)z
Subtract the numbers
−4z
z2+16−4z=0
Rewrite in standard form
z2−4z+16=0
Substitute a=1,b=−4 and c=16 into the quadratic formula z=2a−b±b2−4ac
z=24±(−4)2−4×16
Simplify the expression
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Evaluate
(−4)2−4×16
Multiply the numbers
(−4)2−64
Rewrite the expression
42−64
Evaluate the power
16−64
Subtract the numbers
−48
z=24±−48
Solution
z∈/R
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