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Solve 4x^2 - 12x + 9 = 0: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step quadratic equations video lesson with captions. Final answer: x = 3/2 (double root).

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.3 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Solving an equation
$4~{ x}^{2}-12~ x+9 = 0$
2. Steps, part 1
1. $4~{ x}^{2}-12~ x+9 = 0$
  Start with the equation
2. $4x^{2} - 12x + 9 = 0$
  Move every term to one side to get standard form
3. $\Delta = b^2 - 4ac = (-12)^2 - 4 \cdot 4 \cdot 9 = 0$
  Compute the discriminant
4. Δ = 0, so there is one repeated real root
3. Steps, part 2
1. $x = \frac{-b}{2a} = \frac{12}{8} = \frac{3}{2}$
  Apply the quadratic formula
2. $4x^2 - 12x + 9 = (2x - 3)^2$
  Factored form
4. The answer
$x = \frac{3}{2}$
Δ = 0; x = 3/2 (double root)
5. Check
- x = 1.5: left side = 0, right side = 0 ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: 4x squared minus 12x plus 9 equals 0. A quadratic equation in x: solve with the quadratic formula.

Steps, part 1. Start with the equation. Move every term to one side to get standard form. Compute the discriminant. delta equals 0, so there is one repeated real root.

Steps, part 2. Apply the quadratic formula. Factored form.

The answer. So the answer is x equals 3 over 2 (double root). The quadratic formula gives every solution of ax squared plus bx plus c equals 0.

Check. x equals 1.5: left side equals 0, right side equals 0, which checks out.

About quadratic equations

Solve quadratics by factoring, completing the square or the quadratic formula, including complex roots.

Solve 4x^2 - 12x + 9 = 0: Animated Step-by-Step Lesson