document.write( "Question 76303: please help me with my homework problem. Solve each equation using the zero-factor property.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "25y^2+4=20y
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Algebra.Com's Answer #55124 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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First get all terms to one side\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now factor the left side\r
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Error occurred executing solver 'quadratic_factoring' .

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If we replace the x's with y's, the left side then becomes\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285y-2%29%285y-2%29=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "Since the two factors are the same, we can write them as this
\n" ); document.write( "\"%285y-2%29%5E2=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%285x-2%29%5E2=sqrt%280%29\" Take the square root of both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"5y-2=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5y=2\" Add 2 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=2%2F5\" Divide both sides by 5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our answer is \"y=2%2F5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"25y%5E2-20y%2B4=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"25%282%2F5%29%5E2-20%282%2F5%29%2B4=0\" Plug in \"y=2%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"25%284%2F25%29-40%2F5%2B4=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"100%2F25-40%2F5%2B4=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4-8%2B4=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"8-8=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0=0\" works\r
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