Q. Find one value of x that is a solution to the equation:(4x+1)2+9(4x+1)=−18x=□
Simplify the equation: Simplify the equation.We need to simplify the equation (4x+1)2+9(4x+1)=−18 by expanding the square and distributing the 9.(4x+1)(4x+1)+9(4x+1)=−1816x2+4x+4x+1+36x+9=−18Combine like terms.16x2+44x+10=−18
Combine like terms: Move all terms to one side to set the equation to zero.Subtract 10 from both sides to get all terms on one side.16x2+44x+10−10=−18−1016x2+44x=−28
Move all terms to one side: Factor the quadratic equation.We need to factor the quadratic equation 16x2+44x+28=0. However, we made a mistake in the previous step; we should have subtracted 10 from both sides, but we incorrectly added 28 instead of subtracting 10. Let's correct this.16x2+44x+10=−1816x2+44x+10+18=−18+1816x2+44x+28=0Now we can proceed to factor the equation.
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