x-1/x=4

Solution for x-1/x=4 equation:

x-1/x=4

We move all terms to the left:

x-1/x-(4)=0


Domain of the equation: x!=0

x∈R


We multiply all the terms by the denominator


x*x-4*x-1=0

We add all the numbers together, and all the variables

-4x+x*x-1=0

Wy multiply elements

x^2-4x-1=0

a = 1; b = -4; c = -1;
Δ = b2-4ac
Δ = -42-4·1·(-1)
Δ = 20
The delta value is higher than zero, so the equation has two solutions
We use following formulas to calculate our solutions:
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$
$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}$

The end solution:

$\sqrt{\Delta}=\sqrt{20}=\sqrt{4*5}=\sqrt{4}*\sqrt{5}=2\sqrt{5}$
$x_{1}=\frac{-b-\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(-4)-2\sqrt{5}}{2*1}=\frac{4-2\sqrt{5}}{2}
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$x_{2}=\frac{-b+\sqrt{\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-(-4)+2\sqrt{5}}{2*1}=\frac{4+2\sqrt{5}}{2}
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