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Algebra.Com's Answer #411485 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "   Let s^2 = x
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document.write( " s^2 - 4s - 32 = 0
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document.write( "(s - 8)(s+4) = 0
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document.write( "(s+4) = 0 , s = -4, s^2 = x = 16  |||tossing out as an extraneous solution
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document.write( "(s - 8) = 0 , s= 8 and s^2 = 
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