document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1036813>Question 1036813</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having issues with these types of problems sinking in. -5x+3=x^2+2x, -5x+3-x^2+2x=0 then we're left with -2x+3-x^2  we rearrange that to look like -x^2-2x+3 then...x^2+2x-3 (x+3)(x-1) I feel like I'm doing it wrong. Here's the problem.....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the values of x for which f(x) = g(x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. f(x) = -5x + 3, g(x) = x^2 + 2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm having issues with these types of problems sinking in. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x+3 = x^2+2x, \r\n" );
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document.write( "-5x+3-x^2+2x = 0                       ! Wrong.  Correct is:  -5x+3-x^2-2x = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "then we're left with -2x+3-x^2         ! Naturally, all that follows is wrong . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "we rearrange that to look like \r\n" );
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document.write( "-x^2-2x+3 then...x^2+2x-3 (x+3)(x-1) \r\n" );
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document.write( "I feel like I'm doing it wrong. Here's the problem.....\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find the values of x for which f(x) = g(x)\r\n" );
document.write( "a. f(x) = -5x + 3, g(x) = x^2 + 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your problem is in that you don't know the rule of moving terms from one side of an equation to the other side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rule is: at each such move you MUST change the sign of the term to the OPPOSITE one.\r<BR>\n" );
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