document.write( "Question 205129: Solve The following equation that has 3 roots(solutions):
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document.write( "Factor  out of the first two terms \r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor  out of the last two terms \r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor  out of the left side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor what's in the second parentheses\r\n" );
document.write( "as the difference of squares:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set each factor equal to 0\r\n" );
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