document.write( "Question 600462: construct a quadratic equation whose solutions are -5, 7 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #379348 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "I'll give you the equation first, then I'll tell you how I got it.\r\n" );
document.write( "The equation is x²-2x-35 = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If we were asked to solve that, we would do this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    x²-2x-35 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "                  (x+5)(x-7) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "                x+5 = 0;   x-7 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "                  x = -5;    x = 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just reverse those steps and you'll get how to go from the solutions\r\n" );
document.write( "back to the equation.  You are \"solving it in reverse\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  x = -5;    x = 7\r\n" );
document.write( "                x+5 = 0;   x-7 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "                  (x+5)(x-7) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "                    x²-2x-35 = 0\r\n" );
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