document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=246735>Question 246735</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> twenty times the square of a non zero number is equal to 15 times the number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the unknown number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20*x^2 = 15x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite this as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20x^2 - 15x = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out 5x:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x(4x - 3) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two solutions are x = 0 and 4x - 3 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We are told that the answer is non-zero so we need only to solve 4x-3 = 0 for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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