Solve x^2/left(8-xright)^2=2x/24-3x

$$\frac{ { x }^{ 2 } }{ { \left(8-x \right) }^{ 2 } } = \frac{ 2x }{ 24-3x }$$

Solve for x

$$x = \frac{16}{5} = 3\frac{1}{5} = 3.2$$

$$x=0$$

Steps Using Factoring

Variable x cannot be equal to 8 since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by 3\left(x-8\right)^{2}, the least common multiple of \left(8-x\right)^{2},24-3x.

$$3x^{2}=\left(8-x\right)\times 2x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 8-x by 2.

$$3x^{2}=\left(16-2x\right)x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 16-2x by x.

$$3x^{2}=16x-2x^{2}$$

Subtract 16x from both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x=-2x^{2}$$

Add 2x^{2} to both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x+2x^{2}=0$$

Combine 3x^{2} and 2x^{2} to get 5x^{2}.

$$5x^{2}-16x=0$$

Factor out x.

$$x\left(5x-16\right)=0$$

To find equation solutions, solve x=0 and 5x-16=0.

$$x=0 x=\frac{16}{5}$$

Steps Using the Quadratic Formula

Variable x cannot be equal to 8 since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by 3\left(x-8\right)^{2}, the least common multiple of \left(8-x\right)^{2},24-3x.

$$3x^{2}=\left(8-x\right)\times 2x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 8-x by 2.

$$3x^{2}=\left(16-2x\right)x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 16-2x by x.

$$3x^{2}=16x-2x^{2}$$

Subtract 16x from both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x=-2x^{2}$$

Add 2x^{2} to both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x+2x^{2}=0$$

Combine 3x^{2} and 2x^{2} to get 5x^{2}.

$$5x^{2}-16x=0$$

This equation is in standard form: ax^{2}+bx+c=0. Substitute 5 for a, -16 for b, and 0 for c in the quadratic formula, \frac{-b±\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}.

$$x=\frac{-\left(-16\right)±\sqrt{\left(-16\right)^{2}}}{2\times 5}$$

Take the square root of \left(-16\right)^{2}.

$$x=\frac{-\left(-16\right)±16}{2\times 5}$$

The opposite of -16 is 16.

$$x=\frac{16±16}{2\times 5}$$

Multiply 2 times 5.

$$x=\frac{16±16}{10}$$

Now solve the equation x=\frac{16±16}{10} when ± is plus. Add 16 to 16.

$$x=\frac{32}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{32}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$x=\frac{16}{5}$$

Now solve the equation x=\frac{16±16}{10} when ± is minus. Subtract 16 from 16.

$$x=\frac{0}{10}$$

Divide 0 by 10.

$$x=0$$

The equation is now solved.

$$x=\frac{16}{5} x=0$$

Steps for Completing the Square

Variable x cannot be equal to 8 since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by 3\left(x-8\right)^{2}, the least common multiple of \left(8-x\right)^{2},24-3x.

$$3x^{2}=\left(8-x\right)\times 2x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 8-x by 2.

$$3x^{2}=\left(16-2x\right)x$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 16-2x by x.

$$3x^{2}=16x-2x^{2}$$

Subtract 16x from both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x=-2x^{2}$$

Add 2x^{2} to both sides.

$$3x^{2}-16x+2x^{2}=0$$

Combine 3x^{2} and 2x^{2} to get 5x^{2}.

$$5x^{2}-16x=0$$

Divide both sides by 5.

$$\frac{5x^{2}-16x}{5}=\frac{0}{5}$$

Dividing by 5 undoes the multiplication by 5.

$$x^{2}-\frac{16}{5}x=\frac{0}{5}$$

Divide 0 by 5.

$$x^{2}-\frac{16}{5}x=0$$

Divide -\frac{16}{5}, the coefficient of the x term, by 2 to get -\frac{8}{5}. Then add the square of -\frac{8}{5} to both sides of the equation. This step makes the left hand side of the equation a perfect square.

$$x^{2}-\frac{16}{5}x+\left(-\frac{8}{5}\right)^{2}=\left(-\frac{8}{5}\right)^{2}$$

Square -\frac{8}{5} by squaring both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction.

$$x^{2}-\frac{16}{5}x+\frac{64}{25}=\frac{64}{25}$$

Factor x^{2}-\frac{16}{5}x+\frac{64}{25}. In general, when x^{2}+bx+c is a perfect square, it can always be factored as \left(x+\frac{b}{2}\right)^{2}.

$$\left(x-\frac{8}{5}\right)^{2}=\frac{64}{25}$$

Take the square root of both sides of the equation.

$$\sqrt{\left(x-\frac{8}{5}\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{\frac{64}{25}}$$

Simplify.

$$x-\frac{8}{5}=\frac{8}{5} x-\frac{8}{5}=-\frac{8}{5}$$

Add \frac{8}{5} to both sides of the equation.

$$x=\frac{16}{5} x=0$$