document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270347>Question 270347</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve wquation by the zero-factor property\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(w-1)(3w+2)=4w </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(w-1)(3w+2)=4w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expanding the above:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w*3w + 2w - 3w - 2 = 4w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3w^2 - 5w - 2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3w + 1)*(w - 2) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we know that either;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3w + 1 = 0 or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w - 2 = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve each of the above for w. </SPAN>\n" );
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