document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031915>Question 1031915</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Choose and produce an equivalent form of an expression and understand the properties the quantity represents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15. Your friend, Sara, missed school yesterday. Your teacher went over how to solve a function by factoring. Explain to Sara how to solve the two functions below by factoring. (show work)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 2x2 – 5x – 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 2x2 – 32 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 2x^2 – 5x – 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (x+1)(2x-7)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 – 32 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(x-4)(x+4) </SPAN>\n" );
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