document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979878>Question 979878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to find the real solutions of the equation by factoring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-7/x=48/x+7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it looks very simple but i am stuck (<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x - 7)/x = 48/x + 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First sort out denominator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=x(x + 7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x - 70(x + 7) = (48)(x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 49 = 48x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sort equation into ax^2 + bx + c = 0 form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 48x - 49 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factorise<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 1)(x - 49) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 1 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 49 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps:-) </SPAN>\n" );
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