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-r^{2}+2=r^{2}+4-4r
Combine r^{2} and -2r^{2} to get -r^{2}.
-r^{2}+2-r^{2}=4-4r
Subtract r^{2} from both sides.
-2r^{2}+2=4-4r
Combine -r^{2} and -r^{2} to get -2r^{2}.
-2r^{2}+2-4=-4r
Subtract 4 from both sides.
-2r^{2}-2=-4r
Subtract 4 from 2 to get -2.
-2r^{2}-2+4r=0
Add 4r to both sides.
-r^{2}-1+2r=0
Divide both sides by 2.
-r^{2}+2r-1=0
Rearrange the polynomial to put it in standard form. Place the terms in order from highest to lowest power.
a+b=2 ab=-\left(-1\right)=1
To solve the equation, factor the left hand side by grouping. First, left hand side needs to be rewritten as -r^{2}+ar+br-1. To find a and b, set up a system to be solved.
a=1 b=1
Since ab is positive, a and b have the same sign. Since a+b is positive, a and b are both positive. The only such pair is the system solution.
\left(-r^{2}+r\right)+\left(r-1\right)
Rewrite -r^{2}+2r-1 as \left(-r^{2}+r\right)+\left(r-1\right).
-r\left(r-1\right)+r-1
Factor out -r in -r^{2}+r.
\left(r-1\right)\left(-r+1\right)
Factor out common term r-1 by using distributive property.
r=1 r=1
To find equation solutions, solve r-1=0 and -r+1=0.
-r^{2}+2=r^{2}+4-4r
Combine r^{2} and -2r^{2} to get -r^{2}.
-r^{2}+2-r^{2}=4-4r
Subtract r^{2} from both sides.
-2r^{2}+2=4-4r
Combine -r^{2} and -r^{2} to get -2r^{2}.
-2r^{2}+2-4=-4r
Subtract 4 from both sides.
-2r^{2}-2=-4r
Subtract 4 from 2 to get -2.
-2r^{2}-2+4r=0
Add 4r to both sides.
-2r^{2}+4r-2=0
All equations of the form ax^{2}+bx+c=0 can be solved using the quadratic formula: \frac{-b±\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}. The quadratic formula gives two solutions, one when ± is addition and one when it is subtraction.
r=\frac{-4±\sqrt{4^{2}-4\left(-2\right)\left(-2\right)}}{2\left(-2\right)}
This equation is in standard form: ax^{2}+bx+c=0. Substitute -2 for a, 4 for b, and -2 for c in the quadratic formula, \frac{-b±\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}.
r=\frac{-4±\sqrt{16-4\left(-2\right)\left(-2\right)}}{2\left(-2\right)}
Square 4.
r=\frac{-4±\sqrt{16+8\left(-2\right)}}{2\left(-2\right)}
Multiply -4 times -2.
r=\frac{-4±\sqrt{16-16}}{2\left(-2\right)}
Multiply 8 times -2.
r=\frac{-4±\sqrt{0}}{2\left(-2\right)}
Add 16 to -16.
r=-\frac{4}{2\left(-2\right)}
Take the square root of 0.
r=-\frac{4}{-4}
Multiply 2 times -2.
r=1
Divide -4 by -4.
-r^{2}+2=r^{2}+4-4r
Combine r^{2} and -2r^{2} to get -r^{2}.
-r^{2}+2-r^{2}=4-4r
Subtract r^{2} from both sides.
-2r^{2}+2=4-4r
Combine -r^{2} and -r^{2} to get -2r^{2}.
-2r^{2}+2+4r=4
Add 4r to both sides.
-2r^{2}+4r=4-2
Subtract 2 from both sides.
-2r^{2}+4r=2
Subtract 2 from 4 to get 2.
\frac{-2r^{2}+4r}{-2}=\frac{2}{-2}
Divide both sides by -2.
r^{2}+\frac{4}{-2}r=\frac{2}{-2}
Dividing by -2 undoes the multiplication by -2.
r^{2}-2r=\frac{2}{-2}
Divide 4 by -2.
r^{2}-2r=-1
Divide 2 by -2.
r^{2}-2r+1=-1+1
Divide -2, the coefficient of the x term, by 2 to get -1. Then add the square of -1 to both sides of the equation. This step makes the left hand side of the equation a perfect square.
r^{2}-2r+1=0
Add -1 to 1.
\left(r-1\right)^{2}=0
Factor r^{2}-2r+1. 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(r-1\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{0}
Take the square root of both sides of the equation.
r-1=0 r-1=0
Simplify.
r=1 r=1
Add 1 to both sides of the equation.
r=1
The equation is now solved. Solutions are the same.