document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173382>Question 173382</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me with this problem. im getting confused. and i really need ur help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-4     4      29<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+1     x      30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please show the work so i can understand it. thank you !!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #128228 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=128228\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-4%29%2F%28x%2B1%29%2B%284%29%2F%28x%29=%2829%29%2F%2830%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-4%29%2F%28x%2B1%29%2B%284%29%2F%28x%29=%2829%29%2F%2830%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%2Across%28%28x%2B1%29%29%28%28x-4%29%2Fcross%28%28x%2B1%29%29%29%2B30cross%28x%29%28x%2B1%29%28%284%29%2Fcross%28x%29%29=cross%2830%29x%28x%2B1%29%28%2829%29%2Fcross%2830%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply <font size=\"4\"><b>every</b></font> term on both sides by the LCD <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%28x%2B1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%28x%2B1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Doing this will eliminate all of the fractions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%28x-4%29%2B30%2A4%28x%2B1%29=29x%28x%2B1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%28x-4%29%2B30%2A4%28x%2B1%29=29x%28x%2B1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%28x-4%29%2B120%28x%2B1%29=29x%28x%2B1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%28x-4%29%2B120%28x%2B1%29=29x%28x%2B1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120=29x%5E2%2B29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120=29x%5E2%2B29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Distribute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120=29x%5E2%2B29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120=29x%5E2%2B29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120-29x%5E2-29x=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x%5E2-120x%2B120x%2B120-29x%5E2-29x=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=29x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"29x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides. Subtract 29x from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2-29x%2B120=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2-29x%2B120=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice we have a quadratic equation in the form of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F%282a%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F%282a%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the quadratic formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28-%28-29%29+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-29%29%5E2-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28-%28-29%29+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-29%29%5E2-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-29%29%5E2-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-29%29%5E2-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Negate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+841-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+841-4%281%29%28120%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Square <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=841 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"841\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+361+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+361+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=841 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"841\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=361 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"361\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+361+%29%29%2F%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%2829+%2B-+sqrt%28+361+%29%29%2F%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%2829+%2B-+19%29%2F%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%2829+%2B-+19%29%2F%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=361 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"361\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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