Solution - Nonlinear equations

Step by step solution :

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  2m2 -  30  = 0 

Step  2  :

Step  3  :

Pulling out like terms :

 3.1     Pull out like factors :

   2m² - 30  =   2 • (m² - 15) 

Trying to factor as a Difference of Squares :

 3.2      Factoring:  m² - 15 

Theory : A difference of two perfect squares,  A² - B²  can be factored into  (A+B) • (A-B)

Proof :  (A+B) • (A-B) =
         A² - AB + BA - B² =
         A² - AB + AB - B² =
         A² - B²

Note :  AB = BA is the commutative property of multiplication.

Note :  - AB + AB equals zero and is therefore eliminated from the expression.

Check : 15 is not a square !!

Ruling : Binomial can not be factored as the difference of two perfect squares.

Equation at the end of step  3  :

  2 • (m2 - 15)  = 0 

Step  4  :

Equations which are never true :

 4.1      Solve :    2   =  0

This equation has no solution.
A a non-zero constant never equals zero.

Solving a Single Variable Equation :

 4.2      Solve  :    m²-15 = 0 

 Add  15  to both sides of the equation : 
                      m² = 15
 
 When two things are equal, their square roots are equal. Taking the square root of the two sides of the equation we get:  
                      m  =  ± √ 15  

 The equation has two real solutions  
 These solutions are  m = ± √15 = ± 3.8730  
 

Two solutions were found :