document.write( "Question 1058267: I thought the last solution (to subtract 8 from each side) was what my teacher wanted, but they're actually asking me to \"Solve by completing the square\" for this equation: 9x^2+6x=8\r
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document.write( "\"9x%5E2%2B6x=8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide thru by 9, the coefficient of the \r\n" );
document.write( "term in \"x%5E2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%289%2F9%29x%5E2%2B%286%2F9%29x=8%2F9\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B%282%2F3%29x=8%2F9\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "To the side, multiply the coefficient of x by \"1%2F2\".\r\n" );
document.write( "\"%282%2F3%29%281%2F2%29=1%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now square \"1%2F3\".  \"%281%2F3%29%5E2=1%2F9\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add \"1%2F9\" to both sides of\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B%282%2F3%29x%2B1%2F9=8%2F9%2B1%2F9\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the right side: \"8%2F9%2B1%2F9=9%2F9=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B%282%2F3%29x%2B1%2F9=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the left side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28x%2B1%2F3%29%28x%2B1%2F3%29=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the left side as the square of\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28x%2B1%2F3%29%5E2=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take the square root of both sides,\r\n" );
document.write( "remembering the ± on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sqrt%28%28x%2B1%2F3%29%5E2%29+=+%22%22+%2B-sqrt%281%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%2B1%2F3+=+%22%22+%2B-+1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-1%2F3+%2B-+1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the +\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-1%2F3+%2B+1\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x=-1%2F3+%2B+3%2F3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x=2%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the -\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-1%2F3+-+1\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x=-1%2F3+-+3%2F3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x=-4%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The solutions are \"2%2F3\" and \"-4%2F3\"\r\n" );
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