by "Greg Neill" <gneillREM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Oct 25, 2007 at 08:26 AM
"Dougsd1r" <dougsdir@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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news:1193304248.122056.298510@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> so i already that x = 1 in one solution, is there an easier way to
> find x = -3 ?
You have one solution (x = 1) so you have one root
of the equation, thus one factor (x - 1). Divide
the equation by this to reduce to a quadratic. Apply
the quadratic formula to find the other two roots,
1 (repeated root) and -3.
