document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=249938>Question 249938</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x^2-8x+15=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do you solve this problem, and how do you use the discriminant? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-5)(x-3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5 ans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3 ans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The discriminate is b^2-4ac.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8^2-4*1*15=-64-60=4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because the answer is a perect square then the answers are 2 real rational numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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