document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169894>Question 169894</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me .. Can u please show me the steps to getting this problem worked out??? Thank you!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve equation using thequadratic formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "27x^2 + 36x + 12 = 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve equation using thequadratic formula <BR>\n" );
document.write( "27x^2 + 36x + 12 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It helps to reduce it first<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x^2 + 12x + 4 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the quadratic formula eliminates \"steps\", you just plug in the values for a, b and c into the formula.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the example above:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=solve_quadratic_equation.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9x%5E2%2B12x%2B4+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9x%5E2%2B12x%2B4+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%2812%29%5E2-4%2A9%2A4=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%2812%29%5E2-4%2A9%2A4=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=0 is zero! That means that there is only one solution: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28-%2812%29%29%2F2%5C9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28-%2812%29%29%2F2%5C9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      Expression can be factored: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9x%5E2%2B12x%2B4+=+%28x--0.666666666666667%29%2A%28x--0.666666666666667%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9x%5E2%2B12x%2B4+=+%28x--0.666666666666667%29%2A%28x--0.666666666666667%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Again, the answer is: -0.666666666666667, -0.666666666666667.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+9%2Ax%5E2%2B12%2Ax%2B4+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+9%2Ax%5E2%2B12%2Ax%2B4+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD></TR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the coeff of the x^2 is not one, the solver gets the factoring wrong.  Ignore that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2/3\r<BR>\n" );
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