document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=997140>Question 997140</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x^2-24x=180 how do I get rid of the exponent so I can find the value of x? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #615364 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39621)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=615364\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You do NOT get rid of the exponent.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and try to factorize.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2-12x-90=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2-12x-90=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, factors in prime form for the constant,  3*3*2*5, and you might find in there, 6*15, something to test-try.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x___6)(x____15)------no ; not work.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*18 neither will work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Discriminant?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=504 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"504\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, not a perfect square, but a positive value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factorization will basically \"not\" work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Formula for general solution to a quadratic equation gives <BR>\n" );
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