document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=21479>Question 21479</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello i ned help solving this equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(^2-3)(^2+3) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(^2-3)(^2+3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is not an equation.  An equation always contains an equals sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Additionally, these expressions do not make sense because you cannot begin with the ^symbol.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x^2 - 3)*(x^2 + 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the instructions are to simplify, then this is the factorization of a \"difference of squares\" -- which should be discussed in your text.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The pattern is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a^2 - b^2) = (a + b)*(a - b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your problem, a = x^2 and b = 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Squaring both and taking their difference gives us:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^4 - 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "~ Mark<BR>\n" );
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