Skip to main content
Solve for x
Tick mark Image
Graph

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

x^{2}+100x-0=0
Multiply 30000 and 0 to get 0.
x^{2}+100x=0
Reorder the terms.
x\left(x+100\right)=0
Factor out x.
x=0 x=-100
To find equation solutions, solve x=0 and x+100=0.
x^{2}+100x-0=0
Multiply 30000 and 0 to get 0.
x^{2}+100x=0
Reorder the terms.
x=\frac{-100±\sqrt{100^{2}}}{2}
This equation is in standard form: ax^{2}+bx+c=0. Substitute 1 for a, 100 for b, and 0 for c in the quadratic formula, \frac{-b±\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}.
x=\frac{-100±100}{2}
Take the square root of 100^{2}.
x=\frac{0}{2}
Now solve the equation x=\frac{-100±100}{2} when ± is plus. Add -100 to 100.
x=0
Divide 0 by 2.
x=-\frac{200}{2}
Now solve the equation x=\frac{-100±100}{2} when ± is minus. Subtract 100 from -100.
x=-100
Divide -200 by 2.
x=0 x=-100
The equation is now solved.
x^{2}+100x-0=0
Multiply 30000 and 0 to get 0.
x^{2}+100x=0
Reorder the terms.
x^{2}+100x+50^{2}=50^{2}
Divide 100, the coefficient of the x term, by 2 to get 50. Then add the square of 50 to both sides of the equation. This step makes the left hand side of the equation a perfect square.
x^{2}+100x+2500=2500
Square 50.
\left(x+50\right)^{2}=2500
Factor x^{2}+100x+2500. In general, when x^{2}+bx+c is a perfect square, it can always be factored as \left(x+\frac{b}{2}\right)^{2}.
\sqrt{\left(x+50\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{2500}
Take the square root of both sides of the equation.
x+50=50 x+50=-50
Simplify.
x=0 x=-100
Subtract 50 from both sides of the equation.