document.write( "Question 773090: solve
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document.write( "Cancel away the denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   9(w-1)(w-2) + 2(w-2) = -4(w-1)\r\n" );
document.write( "9(w² - 3w + 2) + 2w - 4 = -4w + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "9w² - 27w + 18 + 2w - 4 = -4w + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "         9w² - 25w + 14 = -4w + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "         9w² - 21w + 10 = 0   <--- you got here and couldn't factor.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use trial and error. The only ways to factor 9 is 9*1 and 3*3,\r\n" );
document.write( "The only ways to factor 10 is 10*1 and 5*2\r\n" );
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document.write( "           (3w-5)(3w-2) = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "       3w - 5 = 0;  3w - 2 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "           3w = 5;      3w = 2\r\n" );
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