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Q2.    Find the roots of the following quadratic equations, if they exist, by the method of completing the square:

                (iv)    2x^2 + x + 4 = 0

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Given equation: 2x^2 + x + 4 = 0

On dividing both sides of the equation by 2, we obtain

\Rightarrow x^2+\frac{x}{2}+2 = 0

Adding and subtracting (\frac{1}{4})^2  in the equation, we get

\Rightarrow (x+\frac{1}{4})^2 +2- (\frac{1}{4})^2 = 0

\Rightarrow (x+\frac{1}{4})^2 = \frac{1}{16} -2 = \frac{-31}{16}

\Rightarrow (x+\frac{1}{4}) = \pm \frac{\sqrt{-31}}{4}

\Rightarrow x = \pm \frac{\sqrt{-31}}{4} - \frac{1}{4}

\Rightarrow x = \frac{\sqrt{-31}-1}{4} \ or\ x = \frac{-\sqrt{-31}-1}{4}

Here the real roots do not exist (in the higher studies we will study how to find the root of such equations).

 

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