document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1134657>Question 1134657</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone please possibly see what I am doing incorrectly in trying to solve the problem: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given the function p(c) = c^2 + c,  complete the following.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Solve p(c) = 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I’ve plugged 2 into the equation and did simple algebra, but the answers that I’ve gotten keep being tagged incorrect. My answers have been 6 and -6.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You're apparently evaluating p(2).  That's not what the question asks for.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A clue is in the wording.  The problem didn't ask you to EVALUATE anything.  It asked you to SOLVE something.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since you are supposed to SOLVE something, there must be an equation.  Interpreting the question correctly, that equation is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(c) = 2  -->  c^2 + c = 2<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's a quadratic equation; I will assume you know how to find the two solutions.... </SPAN>\n" );
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