document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=731275>Question 731275</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I apologize for any confusion in advance. Thank you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The length of the side of a large square is 1 cm less than twice the length of the side of a small square. The area of the large square is 33 cm^2 more than the area of the small square. Find the length of the sides of the two squares.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried using the Quadratic Formula, and I began trying to solve for the larger square. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried to find A, B, and C using this method.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x-1)(2x-1)=33+x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2-2x-2x+1=33+x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x^2-4x-32=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So A = 5, B = -4 C = -32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, I plugged in the numbers and tried to solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X=4+/- sqrt ( 16+640 ) Over10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X=$=/- 25.6 Over 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X= 2.96, -2.16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not sure what I did wrong. The day my Algebra teacher went over this I was absent, and she's been out sick for the past 2 days with the stomach flu. Thank you in advance for your help!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #447062 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=447062\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Minus signs always cause problems.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They are hard to see, easy to miss, and likely to change as you copy an equation to the next line, or to another page.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You were doing OK all the way to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%5E2-2x-2x%2B1=33%2Bx%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%5E2-2x-2x%2B1=33%2Bx%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "From there you should have added a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to both sides to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2-4x-32=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2-4x-32=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (You got <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%5E2-4x-32=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%5E2-4x-32=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > instead).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Applying the quadratic formula to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2-4x-32=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2-4x-32=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=-32 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=-32\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you would get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%284+%2B-+sqrt%2816%2B384%29%29%2F6+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%284+%2B-+sqrt%2816%2B384%29%29%2F6+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%284+%2B-+sqrt%28400%29%29%2F6+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%284+%2B-+sqrt%28400%29%29%2F6+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%284+%2B-+20%29%2F6+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%284+%2B-+20%29%2F6+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would give you the solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=%284%2B20%29%2F6=24%2F6=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=%284%2B20%29%2F6=24%2F6=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=%284-20%29%2F6=-16%2F6=-8%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=%284-20%29%2F6=-16%2F6=-8%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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