document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49645>Question 49645</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for the variable:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(y – 1)^2 = 4(y + 1)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(y^2 – 2y + 1) = 4(y^2 + 2y + 1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y^2 – 4y + 2 = 4y^2 + 8y + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y^2 – 4y^2 – 4y – 8y + 2 – 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2y^2 – 12y – 2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 +/- sqrt[-12^2 - (4)(-2)(-2)] / [(2)(-2)] <BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 +/- sqrt[144 - 16] / -4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 +/- sqrt 128 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make sense? I have it in a Word Doc using Math Type.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Hello,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         You have done correctly till the third line from the last. So your answer has gone wrong. From the second line from the last I have done it here. Please check up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812%2B-sqrt%28128%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812%2B-sqrt%28128%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812+%2B-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812+%2B-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now let us take <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812+%2B+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812+%2B+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812+%2B+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812+%2B+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2B%28-2%29sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2B%28-2%29sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3-2sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3-2sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  ...   ...  (1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let us take <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812+-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812+-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812+-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812+-+8sqrt%282%29%29%2F%28-4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3-%28-2%29sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3-%28-2%29sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2B2sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2B2sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  .....  ....  (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the (1) and (2) above, we can make out \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solution set = (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3+-2sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3+-2sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2B2sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2B2sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >)  Answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope this is clear to you. </SPAN>\n" );
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