document.write( "Question 155219: can somebody please outline the steps involved from going from n^2-7n-8=0 to (n-8)(n+1)=0. Thank you \n" ); document.write( "

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This is a simple factorization problem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n^2 -7n -8=0 can be written as\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n^2 -8n + n -8=0
\n" ); document.write( "n(n-8) +1(n-8)=0
\n" ); document.write( "Taking n-8 as common:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(n-8)(n+1)=0 \n" ); document.write( "

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