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Algebra.Com's Answer #280349 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Hi, Note correction of middle term of trinomial**
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document.write( "solving
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document.write( "   |squaring both sides
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document.write( "  2x = (x-4)^2
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document.write( "  2x = x^2 - 8x + 16
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document.write( "  x^2 -10x + 16 = 0    |**
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document.write( "factoring
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document.write( "(x-8)(x-2) = 0
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document.write( "(x-8)= 0  x = 8
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document.write( "(x-2) = 0 x = 2  Extraneous solution
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document.write( " x = 8 \n" );
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