document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=584075>Question 584075</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi can you please help me solve this problem I don't get it. :<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the quadratic formula.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2-5x=14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You cannot actually solve the equation as you have written it. Since X and x are two different things, you actually have a single equation in two variables.  However, presuming a typo, proceed thus: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1:  Put your equation into standard form, i.e. add the opposite of the constant term to both sides so that everything is in the LHS and the RHS contains zero, thus:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ax^2\ +\ bx\ +\ c\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For your problem, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a\ =\ 1\ \ \">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\ =\ -5\ \ \">, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE c\ =\ -14\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The quadratic formula is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ =\ \frac{-b\ \pm\ \sqrt{b^2\ -\ 4ac}}{2a}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just plug in the values for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\">, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE c\"> and do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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