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Algebra.Com's Answer #49129 by ptaylor(2198) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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X2-6=5X subtract 5x from both sides of the equation\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2-5x-6=0\"$ This quadratic has factors. We'll rewrite it:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2-6x%2Bx-6=0\"$ and\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%28x-6%29%2B%28x-6%29=0\"$ which equals:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x-6%29%28x%2B1%29=0\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=6\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=-1\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps----------------ptaylor
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