document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=212193>Question 212193</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -4x(x-2)(3x-1)=0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I need to solve that. I don't understand if I distribute the -4x to the second set of paraenthesis.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "No you don't need to do any of that to solve the equation. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's already in factored form. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You solve the equation when any of the expressions equals zero. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for all three cases.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-2)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3x-1)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(1/3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you have 3 solutions, x=(1/3), 0, and 2. </SPAN>\n" );
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