document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=194150>Question 194150</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771346/algebrahomeworkh>Saxon Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2x%5E2%2B20x%2B50=0+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2x%5E2%2B20x%2B50=0+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried working it out several times but was unable to understand why the end result was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28x%2B5%29%28x%2B6%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28x%2B5%29%28x%2B6%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > instead of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2%28x%2B5%29%28x%2B6%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2%28x%2B5%29%28x%2B6%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. What happened to the '2', and why and how am I supposed to get rid of it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #145738 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><B>RAY100(1637)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><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=145738\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x^2 + 20x +50 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's  divide  thru  each  term,  on  both  sides  by  2,,,this  should  not  change the  expression<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 +10x +25 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+ 5 ) ( x + 5 ) =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 0,  therefore  x=-5,  and  -5,,,,,,,,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "checking<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(-5)^2 + 20 (-5)  +50 =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 -100 +50 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 = 100,,,,,,ok<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You  were  right  to  be  concerned  about  the  (2),  but  as  you  see,  a  constant  thruout  the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation, just   makes  all  the  numbers  larger.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again  think  of  an  equation  like  a  balance,  or  a  tee-  ter - totter,  you  can  add,  subtract,  multiply  or  divide  both  sides  equally,  and  the  balance  is  maintained.<BR>\n" );
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