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Algebra.Com's Answer #618427 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"+ln%28%282x%2B1%29%28x-3%29%5E%22%22%29+-+ln%28x%5E2%29+=+0+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+ln%28%282x%2B1%29%28x-3%29%5E%22%22%29+=+ln%28x%5E2%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since this shows the equality of two natural\r\n" );
document.write( "logarithms, we can equate what the natural logs \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+%282x%2B1%29%28x-3%29+=+x%5E2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+2x%5E2-6x%2Bx-3+=+x%5E2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+2x%5E2-5x-3+=+x%5E2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+x%5E2-5x-3+=+0+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F%282a%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-%28-5%29+%2B-+sqrt%28+%28-5%29%5E2-4%281%29%28-3%29+%29%29%2F%282%281%29%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%285+%2B-+sqrt%2825%2B12+%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+%285+%2B-+sqrt%2837%29%29%2F2+\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "We discard the minus sign because it results in a \r\n" );
document.write( "negative value and the original equation contains\r\n" );
document.write( "ln(x). Natural logarithms of negative numbers are\r\n" );
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