document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971505>Question 971505</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help me multiply this quadratic equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "121-x^2/x^2-22x+120 times x^2-24x+140/x^2-18x+77\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would I set up the 1st equation like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "121-x^2/x^2-22x+120 =(11-x)(11-x)/(x-12)(x-10) or -(11-x)(11-x)/(x-12)(x-10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After I did the equations but my answer differed from the answer key.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My answer was:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-11)(x-14)/(x-12)(x-7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer key is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(11+X)(X-14)/(X-12)(X-7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what am I doing wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the answer key is correct except there should be a minus sign there as well which i don't see.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "121 - x^2 is equal to (11-x) * (11+x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 18x + 77 is equal to (x-11) * (x-7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(11-x) in the numerator is equivalent to -(x-11) which then cancels out with the (x-11) in the denominator and leaves a -1 because -(x-11) / (x-11) = -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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