document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=636429>Question 636429</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> w(w+2)=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(w+2)(w+4)=a+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2+2w=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w^2+6w+8=a+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4w+8=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4w=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=3                       \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please could someone show me how to check this problem I did ,I have to show a check and I am lost please help </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "w(w+2)=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(w+2)(w+4)=a+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2+2w=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w^2+6w+8=a+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4w+8=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4w=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=3                       \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please could someone show me how to check this problem I did ,I have to show a check and I am lost please help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your w = 3 solution is correct. Good work!! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However, you now need to find the value of a, by substituting 3 for w in any of the equations with the 2 variables, a and w. Having found a and w, you can then substitute each value for each variable into any or all equations with the two variables to determine if those variable-values make those equations true.\r<BR>\n" );
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