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Original problem: solve using quadratic formula:  .\r
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document.write( "Using quadratic formula, I arrive at answer:  .
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document.write( "Using factoring I get:  .
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document.write( "My book says answer:  ?
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document.write( " | Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc) | \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=8 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: -0.292893218813452, -1.70710678118655.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:
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document.write( "All the answers are the same, just different forms.\r
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