document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=100251>Question 100251</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you kindly help me.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "True or False. Explain your answer. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the equation, 3x2 = 4x – 7, we have a = 3, b = 4, c = -7<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 #73007 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=73007\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is FALSE.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and asked if a = 3, b = 4, and c = -7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You find a, b, and c by using the standard quadratic form:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the equation you were given is not in this form. The right side of the equation must<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equal zero and the left side must contain all the other terms in descending powers of x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, you need to get the equation you were given into the same form. Do that by subtracting<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x - 7 from both sides of the given equation. This results in:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can now compare this equation to the standard quadratic form of:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By comparing term by term you can see that: a = 3, b = -4, c = +7. Except for a, these values<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are not the same as the values you were asked about in the problem because the signs for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b and c do not agree with what we found.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the answer to this question is false.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem.<BR>\n" );
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