document.write( "Question 146705This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
\n" ); document.write( ": I have to write in standard form and determine the values of a, b, and c. Can you help me?\r
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Using the general quadratic equation $\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"$ , we can see that $\"x%5E2+%2B+6x+-+5+=+0\"$ can be written as $\"1x%5E2+%2B+6x+%2B%28-5%29+=+0\"$ . So this shows us that $\"a=1\"$ , $\"b=6\"$ and $\"c=-5\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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