document.write( "Question 46986This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Course
\n" ); document.write( ": Solve the equation by factoring: 4x^2+15x=25
\n" ); document.write( "What I did: 4x^2+15x-25=0
\n" ); document.write( " (x+20)(x-5)=0
\n" ); document.write( " x+20=0 x-5=0
\n" ); document.write( " x+-20 x=5
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Algebra.Com's Answer #31128 by Cintchr(481)\"\" \"About 
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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
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\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
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+4x-5=0+\" and \"+x%2B5=0+\"
\n" ); document.write( "add five and subtract five
\n" ); document.write( "\"+4x-5%2B5=0%2B5+\" and \"+x%2B5-5=0-5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+4x=5+\" and \"+x=-5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Divide by four on the first part
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x=5%2F4+\" and \"+x=-5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = {-5, 5/4}\r
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