document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=204761>Question 204761</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1405802111/algebrahomeworkh>Longman Mathematics for IGCSE</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(4+x)^2=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(4+x)^2=9 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(16+8x+x^2) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + 32x + 4x^2 = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2 + 32x + 55 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+5)(2x+11) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -5/2 or x = -11/2<BR>\n" );
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