document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=103931>Question 103931</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;\"> Can someone Please, Please, Please help me solve tis problem by using the Quadratic Formula! I am desperite! Thank You!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve by Using the Quadratic Formula:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 7x - 1= -7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First you must set up the equation in quadratic form. Ax^2+bx+c=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In order to do that you must first add -7 to the other side to get...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2-7x-1+7=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2-7x+6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is now in quadratic form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=c<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You plug all of that into the quadratic formula.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you start doing your order of operations.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = (--7 +- 5/(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (++7 +- 5/(2) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (++7 + 5/(2)-------->12/2=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (++7 - 5/(2)-------->2/2=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the solution set is...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6 or x=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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