document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=300250>Question 300250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve using the principle of zero products<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b(b + 16)(b + 3) = 0 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please someone show me how this = zero </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "b(b + 16)(b + 3) = 0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "please someone show me how this = zero<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 3 factors.  If the product is zero, one of them has to be zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 0 will do it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b + 16 = 0 --> b = -16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b + 3 = 0 --> b = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One of those 3 has to be true.<BR>\n" );
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