document.write( "Question 206302This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate
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(x+2)(x+6)=12
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document.write( "FOIL out the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2+6x+2x+12=12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2+8x+12=12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get 0 on the right by subtracting 12 from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2+8x=0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out x on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x(x+8)=0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set both factors = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "x=0,  x+8=0\r\n" );
document.write( "        x=-8\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the solutions are 0 and -8\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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