document.write( "Question 544162: PLease help me solve this problem.This does not make any sense at all to me.
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Seven less than the square of
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document.write( "Replace the underlined words by the letter x.  You get this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now I'll underline some more words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace those underlined words by x².  You get this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now I'll underline some more words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the underlined words by x+5.  You get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now I'll underline some more words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the underlined words with 2(x+5).  You get:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Seven less than x² is 2(x+5).
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document.write( "Now I'll underline some more words:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the underlined words with x²-7.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "[Notice that to make something \"seven less\" you subtract\r\n" );
document.write( "           \"7 from it\", you don't subtract \"it from 7\".]\r\n" );
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You get:
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document.write( "Now I'll underline just one more word:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace that underlined word by =\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the English has been translated into algebra\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x²-7 = 2(x+5)\r\n" );
document.write( "    x²-7 = 2x+10\r\n" );
document.write( "   x²-17 = 2x \r\n" );
document.write( "x²-2x-17 = 0 \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%282+%2B-+sqrt%284%2B68+%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+%282+%2B-+sqrt%2872%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+%282+%2B-+sqrt%2836%2A2%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+%282+%2B-+6sqrt%282%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+%282%281+%2B-+3sqrt%282%29%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+%28cross%282%29%281+%2B-+3sqrt%282%29%29%29%2Fcross%282%29+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x+=+1+%2B-+3sqrt%282%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are two solutions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+1+%2B+3sqrt%282%29+\" which is approximately 5.242640687\r\n" );
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document.write( "and\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+1+-+3sqrt%282%29+\" which is approximately -3.242640687\r\n" );
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