document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=103336>Question 103336</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534493947/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello Tutors, I need some serious help here, as This quadriatic form stuff is confusing me to no end. Can someone please help me with this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equation in quadratic form and solve it by factoring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 8(x + 2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank You Tutors for your help. I Greatly Appreciate it! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #75126 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JP><B>JP(22)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JP><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=JP><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=75126\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To set this up in base form for quadratic equations it must look like this...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax^2+bx+c=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, your equation becomes: x^2+8x+16=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In factored form it becomes: (x+4)(x+4)=0        <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Both solutions will be the same in this case...but this will usually not be the case.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+4)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-4 or x=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am a little rusty but I think is is called a \"double root\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug the solution -4 in for every instance of x to prove the solution is valid.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4^2+8(-4)+16=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16+-32+16=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16+16=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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