document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=256849>Question 256849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you write:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(48/n + 3)*(n-2)-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as a standard form of a quadratic equation? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(48/n + 3)*(n-2)-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as a standard form of a quadratic equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "standard form would be an^2+bn+c=0 which means we need to figure out what a and b and c are\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(48/n + 3)*(n-2)-48=0 use foil (first outer inner last)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48/n * n + 48/n * (-2) + 3*n + 3*(-2) - 48 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 - 96/n + 3*n - 6 - 48 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   - 96/n + 3*n - 54 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   - 32/n + n - 18 = 0 (divided by 3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   -32 + n^2 - 18n = 0 (multiplied by n)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        n^2-18n-32=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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