Determine the Most Efficient Method to Use When Solving a Quadratic

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Multiple Choice

Determine the Most Efficient Method to Use When Solving a Quadratic Equation
Solve the equation by the method of your choice.
- $\frac { 1 } { x + 5 } + \frac { 1 } { x } = \frac { 1 } { 15 }$

• A) \(\left\{ \frac { 25 \pm 5 \sqrt { 37 } } { 2 } \right\}\)
• B) \(\left\{ \frac { - 35 \pm 5 \sqrt { 37 } } { 2 } \right\}\)
• C) \(\left\{ \frac { 35 \pm 5 \sqrt { 37 } } { 2 } \right\}\)
• D) \(\left\{ \frac { - 25 \pm 5 \sqrt { 37 } } { 2 } \right\}\)

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Definitions:

Positive Checks

Mechanics that increase mortality rate and decrease population size, as per Thomas Malthus, including famine, war, and disease.

Thomas Malthus

An English economist and demographer known for his theory that population growth would outpace agricultural production, leading to widespread famine and hardship.

Pestilence

A fatal epidemic disease, particularly bubonic plague.

Geometrically

Pertaining to geometry; in a manner that relates to the properties, measurements, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids.