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document.write( "Choose all the pairs that could be the missing two sides. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. 4x+2, x+5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. 2x, 2x+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. 5x-3, x+10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " d. 3x-10, x+17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried adding 8x, 3x-2, x+3, and 2x-3 then subtracting that from 18x+5 then seeing if a,b,c or d would equal to the number but it doesn't, please help me. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also on my homework this goes under the category of factoring, thank you. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  4x+2, x+5      <--- bad\r\n" );
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document.write( "b.  2x, 2x+7       <--- good\r\n" );
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document.write( "c.  5x-3, x+10     <--- bad\r\n" );
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document.write( "d.  3x-10, x+17    <--- good\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>The method</U>:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that 8x + (3x-2) + (x+3) + (2x-3) = 14x - 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus two other addends should comlement 14x-2 to 18x+5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is easy to check that only options \"b\" and \"d\" satisfy this condition.\r<BR>\n" );
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