document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=595164>Question 595164</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What answer do I leave in absolute value when the equation of the other part does not factor. Here's the problem I'm talking about:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|12x^2-x-2|=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One side already factored is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=3/2 x=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other side canbit be factored. Do I have to put 0 or just give the ones I got? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure what you mean by that.  You don't leave anything in the ABS, you solve for x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's the problem I'm talking about:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|12x^2-x-2|=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One side already factored is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=3/2 x=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other side canbit be factored. Do I have to put 0 or just give the ones I got?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|12x^2-x-2|=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Case 1:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x^2-x-2=1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x using the quadratic eqn:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Case 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x^2-x-2=-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x using the quadratic eqn:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= -1/4, x = 1/3\r<BR>\n" );
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