document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=882131>Question 882131</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Select the approximate values of x that are solutions to f(x) = 0, where\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = -8x2 + 2x + 6.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifiable.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure if factorable but beginning with general solution and discriminant.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That meant that the simplified quadratic equation would be factorable, but not as easily as if the binomials used integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>x=-3/4 or x=1</b> </SPAN>\n" );
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