document.write( "Question 1143445: equations transformable to quadratic equation:
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document.write( "The LCD is 12x(x+1).  Put that over 1, like this \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply every term on both sides by it, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then cancel like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and what's left is\r\n" );
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document.write( "We don't need to write the 1's in the denominators, so we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Swap sides to get the x² term on the left\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract the entire right side from both sides to get 0 on the right\r\n" );
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document.write( "That factors as\r\n" );
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