- Quadratic equationsChoice A
$$ 24x^2+2x=15 $$
$$ 24x^2+2x-15=0 $$
$$ 24x^2+20x-18x-15=0 $$
$$ 4x(6x+5)-3(6x+5)=0 $$
$$ (6x+5)(4x-3)=0 $$
We can write this as
$$ (6x+5)=0\quad,\quad (4x-3)=0 $$
$$ 6x=-5\quad,\quad 4x=3 $$
$$ x=\frac{-5}{6}\quad,\quad x=\frac{3}{4} $$
From these two solutions of above equation we can clearly tell that 3/5 is greater than -5/6.
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