document.write( "Question 46986This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Course
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document.write( ": Solve the equation by factoring: 4x^2+15x=25
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document.write( "What I did: 4x^2+15x-25=0
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document.write( " (x+20)(x-5)=0
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document.write( " x+20=0 x-5=0
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document.write( " x+-20 x=5 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #31128 by Cintchr(481)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You brought the 25 back onto the side with the other parts, but when factoring, 20 * 5 is not 25 ... you looked for what added to 25 .. not what multiplied to get 25.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "F: 4x * x = 4x^2 \n" ); document.write( "O: 4x * 5 = 20x \n" ); document.write( "I: -5 * x = -5x \n" ); document.write( "L: -5 * 5 = -25 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "add five and subtract five \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Divide by four on the first part \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "x = {-5, 5/4}\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |