document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=569632>Question 569632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you factor this equation and solve for n in the following--<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n squared minus n equals 20   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n=5   but I am not sure how to get the answer other than by intuition--thanks  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "n squared minus n equals 20   <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n^2 - n = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n^2 - n - 20 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since -20 = -5*4 and -5 + 4 = -1, we can factor the equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(n-5)(n+4) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the solutions are n=5, n=-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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