219. Any equation which can be thrown into the form ax2+bx+c+p√ax2+bx+c=q may be solved as follows. Putting y= √ax2+ bx+c, we obtain y2+py-q=0. Let a and ẞ be the roots of this equation, so that √ax2+bx+c=a, √ax2+bx+c=ß; from these equations we shall obtain four values of x. When no sign is prefixed to a radical it is usually understood that it is to be taken as positive; hence, if a and B are both positive, all the four values of x satisfy the original equation. If however a or ẞ is negative, the roots found from the resulting quadratic will satisfy the equation ax2+bx+c-p√ax2+bx+c=q, but not the original equation. NOTE. The Greek letters a, ẞ, Y, & (read Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Phi), are of frequent occurrence in mathematical discussions. Example 1. Solve x2−5x+2√x2−5x+3=12. Add 3 to each side; then x2_5+3+2V _5x+3=15. Putting V2-5x+3=y, we obtain y2+2y-15=0; whence y=3 or -5. Thus √x2-5x+3=+3, or √x2−5x+3=−5. Squaring and solving the resulting quadratics, we obtain from the first x=6 or -1; and from the second x= 5±√113 2 The first pair of values satisfies the given equation, but the second pair satisfies the equation x_5_2Vx2_5x+3=12. Example 2. Solve 3x2-7+3√3x2 - 16x+21=16x. Transposing, 3x2-16x-7+3√3x2-16x+21=0. Add 28 to each side; then 3x2-16x+21+3√3x2-16x+21=28. Proceeding as in Example 1, we have y2+3y=28; whence y=4 or -7. Thus √3x2-16x+21=4 or √3x2−16x+21=−7. Squaring and solving, we obtain The values 5 and satisfy the original equation. The other values satisfy the equation 220. 3x2-7-3√3x2-16x+21=16x. Occasionally equations of the fourth degree may be arranged in expressions that will be in quadratic form. Example. Solve x2-8x2+10x2+24x+5=0. This may be written x4-8x3 +16x2−6x2+24x=−5, The student will notice that in such examples he should divide the term containing x3 by twice the square root of the first term and then square the result for the third term. In this case a third term of 16x2 is required, therefore we write the term 10x2 of the original equation in the form 16x2 — 6x2. 221. Equations like the following are of frequent occurrence. EXAMPLES XXVII. b. Solve the following equations: CHAPTER XXVIII. SIMULTANEOUS QUADRATIC EQUATIONS. 222. WE shall now consider some of the most useful methods of solving simultaneous equations, one or more of which may be of a degree higher than the first; but no fixed rules can be laid down which are applicable to all cases. Combining this with (1) we have to consider the two cases, Combining this with (1) we have the two cases, x+y=22, x-y=12. Whence x=17,| y= 5.) x+y=-22, } (1), (2). (1), (2). |