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document.write( "It could be solved easier by factoring like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "But you are told specifically to do it by the\r\n" );
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document.write( "The solution to\r\n" );
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document.write( "You must memorize that!\r\n" );
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document.write( "In your problem\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's two solutions\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you see we get the same solutions as we did \r\n" );
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