document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548757>Question 548757</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I solve this? 12m^3-4m^2 = 27m-9, my teacher said that since it is to the 3rd power I need three answers </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #357200 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Hsj7339><B>Hsj7339(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Hsj7339><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=357200\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, i'm a sophomore and I recently just went over this section.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First step is to subtract 27m and add 9 to both sides of the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12m%5E3-4m%5E2-27m%2B9=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12m%5E3-4m%5E2-27m%2B9=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you group them and root out the greatest common factor from both groups as so and a note, the two other problems in parentheses have to  be the same. In this problem those two are (3m-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4m%5E2%283m-1%29-9%283m-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4m%5E2%283m-1%29-9%283m-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now, you have to combine the two group and 4m^2 -9 as so.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now, you can factor 4m^2-9 again for your other solutions. You can plug in 0x to put it in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > form. Or you can plug it into quadratic formula. I am going to plug it into quadratic formula. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4m%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4m%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > being A, 0 being B, and -9 being C.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-0%2B-sqrt%280%5E2-4%284%29%28-9%29%29%2F2%284%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-0%2B-sqrt%280%5E2-4%284%29%28-9%29%29%2F2%284%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now,simplify the quadratic formula to get 2 of your solutions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So your 3 solutions would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, (the one third from (3m-1)).<BR>\n" );
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