document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=409452>Question 409452</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the quadratic function f(x) = x^2 – 6x + 9, find a value of x such that f(x) = 25.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 6x + 9 = 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 6x - 16 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 8x + 2x -16 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x-8) + 2(x-8) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-8)(x+2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given the wording of the question, your answer is 100% correct.  I say this because the question asks: \"...find <b><i>a value</i></b> of <i>x</i>...\", and that is precisely what you did; the fact that there is another equally valid answer to the question, namely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ -2\">, notwithstanding.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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