document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=346182>Question 346182</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a^3-2a^2-4a-8=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How would I solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How would I solve this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you sure that it is not a^3 + 2a^2 - 4a - 8 = 0?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if it was:               <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a + 2)(a^2 - 4) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "using FOIL:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^3 - 4a + 2a^2 - 8 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rearranging<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^3 + 2a^2 - 4a - 8 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then: (a + 2)(a^2 - 4) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      (a + 2)(a + 2)(a - 2) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then a = -2 (twice) and a = 2<BR>\n" );
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