document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=227120>Question 227120</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The problem is I completely do not understand<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It states solve using the principle of zero products<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x + 2/5)(4x - 1/7)= 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can anyone show me how to do this? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is no.  No one can show you how to solve this because, the way you have stated the problem, there is nothing to solve.  Unless your expression has a relationship to some other value or expression, then your expression is simply something into which you can insert any values you like.  Compare this to English -- you have tried to write a sentence, but have only supplied the subject of the sentence.  You haven't supplied the verb.  In mathematics, the verb is either the equals sign or one of the inequality signs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the other hand, if what you REALLY meant was:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then we can do something.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember the Zero Product Rule:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ab\ =\ 0\"> if and only if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a\ =\ 0\"> or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\ =\ 0\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the problem I assumed you to mean,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4x - \frac{1}{7}\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you need to do is solve these two single variable linear equations to determine the two values that make your equation a true statement.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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