document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124943>Question 124943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you solve this equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2-3=2a </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2-3=2a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2-2a-3 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factor to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a-3)(a+1) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a-3 =0 or a+1=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 3 of a = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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