document.write( "Question 195656: The solutions to a quadratic equation are -4 and 8. What is the quadratic equation? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #146728 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"x=-4\" or \"x=8\" Start with the given solutions.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B4=0\" or \"x-8=0\" Move the values to the left side\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2B4%29%28x-8%29=0\" Combine the equations using the zero product property\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2-8x%2B4x-32=0\" FOIL\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2-4x-32=0\" Combine like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the quadratic equation is \"y=x%5E2-4x-32\"
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