document.write( "Question 408949: What does it mean when you need to find the \"sum\" of the solutions to an equation? the equation is 8x squared + 6x + 1. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The same thing it means to find the sum of any set of things -- add them.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is a quadratic equation, therefore it has two elements in its solution set (or, at worst, a single element with a multiplicity of 2). Solve the equation for its two roots and add them.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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