By completing squares we will see that the solutions are:
[tex]x =\pm \sqrt{35} + 8[/tex]
How to complete squares?
Here we have the quadratic equation:
[tex]x^2 - 16x + 50 = 21[/tex]
We can rewrite it as:
[tex]x^2 - 2*8*x + 50 - 21 = 0\\\\x^2 - 2*8*x + 29= 0[/tex]
Then we must have a 8² term to complete squares, then we need to add and subtract 35.
[tex]x^2 - 2*8*x + 29 +35 - 35= 0\\\\(x - 8)^2 - 35 = 0\\\\(x - 8)^2 = 35[/tex]
Now we can solve this:
[tex]x =\pm \sqrt{35} + 8[/tex]
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