document.write( "Question 113886: Is there any one that knows how to work this problem?
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document.write( "Is there any one that knows how to work this problem?\r\n" );
document.write( "Find the zeros of f.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the zeros substitute 0 for f(x) and solve for x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"f%28x%29=+-x%5E%282%29e%5E%28-x%29%2B+2xe%5E%28-x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"0+=+-x%5E%282%29e%5E%28-x%29%2B+2xe%5E%28-x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get 0 on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E%282%29e%5E%28-x%29-+2xe%5E%28-x%29=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out \"%28xe%5E%28-x%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28xe%5E%28-x%29%29%28x-2%29=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we use the zero product principle.\r\n" );
document.write( "There are three factors: \"x\",\"e%5E%28-x%29\", and \"x-2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Setting x = 0 gives one solution, namely x = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Setting \"e%5E%28-x%29\" = 0 gives no solution, since \"e%5E%28-x%29\" is never 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Setting x-2 = 0 gives a second solution, namely x = 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are two zeros,  0 and 2.   \r\n" );
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