document.write( "Question 414527: Hello! I was absent from my algebra lesson, and I have a queston on my homework.It asks that I solve the equasion. The equasion is -2h^2-28h-98 . I know so far that I need to put it in two different sets of parenthasees. So far, all I have written down is (-h ) (h ). Please help me, because I am very confused. Thank you! \n" ); document.write( "

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solve the equation: -2h^2 - 28h - 98 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "You can greatly simplify this be dividing both sides by -2, then you have
\n" ); document.write( "h^2 + 14h + 49 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "this easily factors to:
\n" ); document.write( "(h + 7)(h + 7) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "so we have
\n" ); document.write( "h = -7
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this in the original equation
\n" ); document.write( "-2(-7^2) - 28(-7) - 98 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "-2(49) + 196 - 98
\n" ); document.write( "-98 + 196 - 98 = 0 confirms our solution of h = -7
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