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3x^2+2.5x-12.5=0\r
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document.write( "Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:
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document.write( " Starting with the general quadratic
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document.write( " the general solution using the quadratic equation is:
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document.write( " So lets solve  ( notice  ,  , and  )
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document.write( "  Plug in a=6, b=5, and c=-25
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document.write( "  Square 5 to get 25
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document.write( "  Multiply  to get 
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document.write( "  Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)
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document.write( "  Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)
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document.write( "  Multiply 2 and 6 to get 12
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document.write( " So now the expression breaks down into two parts
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document.write( " Lets look at the first part:
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document.write( "  Add the terms in the numerator
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document.write( "  Divide
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document.write( " So one answer is
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document.write( " Now lets look at the second part:
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document.write( "  Subtract the terms in the numerator
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document.write( "  Divide
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document.write( " So another answer is
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document.write( " So our solutions are:
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document.write( " | Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable | \n" );
document.write( "Quadratic equation (in our case  ) has the following solutons:
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document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant  should not be a negative number.
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document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant :  .
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document.write( " Discriminant d=156.25 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions:  .
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document.write( " Quadratic expression  can be factored:
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document.write( " Again, the answer is: 1.66666666666667, -2.5.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:
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