document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254496>Question 254496</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am practicing for a college entrance test and need help with this question\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2+n+2b^2=(a+b) (a+2b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is what I tried:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  a^2+n+2b^2=(a+b) (a+2b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a                       -a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+n+2b^2= (b) (a+2b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        -2b                  -2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   a+n+b^2=(b)(a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a                      -a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+b^2=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   -b     -b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n+b=?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Looking at this now I see that this is completely incorrect...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Britt </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #186831 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MRperkins><B>MRperkins(300)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MRperkins><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MRperkins><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=186831\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first thing that you want to do, is figure out what the question is asking and come up with an idea of how you might solve it (a strategy).  You are told that the left side is equal to the right side, so what value of n would make the left side equal to the right side?  It is hard to see this when you have the parenthesis on the right side, so FOIL the binomials and get a*a+a*2b+b*a+b*2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify this and you get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2B3ab%2B2b%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2B3ab%2B2b%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we can see that if n=3ab, then the two sides will be equal.<BR>\n" );
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