document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=196863>Question 196863</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395937760/algebrahomeworkh>McDougal Littell Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation: x^2+11x+21/4=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is called completing the square and has to do with solving quadratic equations. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+11/2=5 and x+11/2=-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=-1/2 and x=-21/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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