document.write( "Question 170747: I need some help with this problem.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #853748 by MathTherapy(10704)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "I need some help with this problem.\r\n" );
document.write( "i asked my friend to help me with a previous problem and he ended up just giving me the answer cause i still don't get it.\r\n" );
document.write( "The one already answered == \r\n" );
document.write( "\"\":How i tried to work it out.\r\n" );
document.write( "[]:my answer\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. \"+2x%5E2-10x%2B12=0+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"2(x+6)(x-1)\"\r\n" );
document.write( "[x=6,(-1)]\r\n" );
document.write( "Was that correct?\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "2. \"+x%5E2%2B2x=-11+\"\r\n" );
document.write( "?????\r\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For 1. \"2x%5E2+-+10x+%2B+12+=+0\", your factorization to get: \"2(x+6)(x-1)\" is WRONG!! Your solutions: [x=6,(-1)] are also WRONG! \r\n" );
document.write( "FOILing 2(x + 6)(x - 1), we get: \"2%28x%5E2+%2B+5x+-+6%29\" = \"2x%5E2+%2B+10x+-+12\", which doesn't correspond to the given trinomial, \"2x%5E2+-+10x+%2B+12\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The person who responded also has a different factorized form [(x-6)(x+1)=0--], but unfortunately, this is also WRONG! FOILing\r\n" );
document.write( "(x - 6)(x + 1) = \"x%5E2+-+5x+-+6\", which doesn't correspond with the reduced trinomial, \"x%5E2+-+5x+%2B+6\" (see below). His/her solutions,\r\n" );
document.write( "x = 6, and x = - 1 are obviously WRONG too!\r\n" );
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document.write( "The correct factorization and solutions follow!\r\n" );
document.write( "\"2x%5E2+-+10x+%2B+12+=+0\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"2%28x%5E2+-+5x+%2B+6%29+=+0\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"x%5E2+-+5x+%2B+6+=+0\"\r\n" );
document.write( "(x - 3)(x - 2) = 0 <==== Correct factorized form\r\n" );
document.write( "x - 3 = 0       OR       x - 2 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "    x = 3       OR           x = 2 <===== CORRECT solutions\r\n" );
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document.write( "Problem 2. \"x%5E2+%2B+2x+=+-11\" CANNOT be factorized using integers. So, to get its roots/solutions, you'll need to use\r\n" );
document.write( "the QUADRATIC EQUATION formula
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