x(2+4x)=20

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Solution for x(2+4x)=20 equation:


Simplifying
x(2 + 4x) = 20
(2 * x + 4x * x) = 20
(2x + 4x2) = 20

Solving
2x + 4x2 = 20

Solving for variable 'x'.

Reorder the terms:
-20 + 2x + 4x2 = 20 + -20

Combine like terms: 20 + -20 = 0
-20 + 2x + 4x2 = 0

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '2'.
2(-10 + x + 2x2) = 0

Factor a trinomial.
2((-5 + -2x)(2 + -1x)) = 0

Ignore the factor 2.

Subproblem 1

Set the factor '(-5 + -2x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve: Simplifying -5 + -2x = 0 Solving -5 + -2x = 0 Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '5' to each side of the equation. -5 + 5 + -2x = 0 + 5 Combine like terms: -5 + 5 = 0 0 + -2x = 0 + 5 -2x = 0 + 5 Combine like terms: 0 + 5 = 5 -2x = 5 Divide each side by '-2'. x = -2.5 Simplifying x = -2.5

Subproblem 2

Set the factor '(2 + -1x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve: Simplifying 2 + -1x = 0 Solving 2 + -1x = 0 Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right. Add '-2' to each side of the equation. 2 + -2 + -1x = 0 + -2 Combine like terms: 2 + -2 = 0 0 + -1x = 0 + -2 -1x = 0 + -2 Combine like terms: 0 + -2 = -2 -1x = -2 Divide each side by '-1'. x = 2 Simplifying x = 2

Solution

x = {-2.5, 2}

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