Algebra.Com's Answer #53915 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![\"\"](\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\")  
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document.write( "  Start with the given problem
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document.write( "  Multiply both sides by 3, this eliminates the denominator of the right side
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document.write( " Multiply both sides by (x-3), this eliminates the denominator of the left side
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document.write( "So we're left with this:
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document.write( " Distribute the x
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document.write( " Subtract 54 from both sides
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document.write( " Factor the right side
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document.write( " There's one answer
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document.write( " There's the other answer
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document.write( "So the solution is x=9 and x=-6
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document.write( "Check:
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document.write( " Plug in x=9
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document.write( " works
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document.write( "Plug in x=-6
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document.write( " works\r
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document.write( "Here's another way to solve it:
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document.write( "When you have the quadratic , plug the coefficients into the quadratic formula:
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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=225 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: 9, -6.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:
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document.write( "And you see the same answer, but it's just another way to get there. \n" );
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