document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=464983>Question 464983</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> m^2-49/2m=1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve by completing the square </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For this one m^2-49/2m=1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we add 2401/4 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m^2-49/2m+2401/16=1/2 + 4401/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rewrite this as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m-49/4)^2=4409/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m-49/4=+-sq rt 4409/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=49+-(sq rt 4409)/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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