document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=405860>Question 405860</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> college algebra - completing the square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would you help me finish this?  I wasn't sure what factors to pick out from 196 so I choose 4 times 49.  How do I choose what to use?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2-10x+24=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-10+-sqrt((-10)^2-4(1)(24))/2(1))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 +- sqrt((100-(-96))/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 +-sqrt((196)/(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2sqrt(4(49))/2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(2^2(49))/(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+-sqrt49/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(1+-sqrt49/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1sqrt49\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=1sqrt49         right? </SPAN>\n" );
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