document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=44711>Question 44711</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534493947/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2 - 3b = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is no where even close to what the book says it should be. I am in desperate need of help with these types of problems. My book says the answer should be (3 + sqrt(29))/2 or (3 - sqrt(29))/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what I came up with. What am I doing wrong?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2 - 3b = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2 - 3b = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You had b^2-3b+(3/2)^2= 5+(3/2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You factored to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b+(3/2))^2 = 5+(3/2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should have gotten:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b-(3/2))^2 = 5+(3/2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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