document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100816>Question 1100816</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Solve for x if            \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                            X 1 0 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                            2 3 2   = -4x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #715417 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=715417\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>Since you called this a matrices and determinants question, I will assume that is a determinant....  (No, I wouldn't know how to show it as a determinant either....)<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two solutions are x=0 and x = -1/2. </SPAN>\n" );
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