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I refer you to 3x -5/x. =14 re step 7 the factoring .Why was it necssecary to factor .Canyou give me an example why this had to be done? Peter Nowlan
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We need to factor the expression so that we solve without using the quadratic formula.
This is not necessary as there are multiple ways to solve, one is by factoring (like we did), another is by using the quadratic formula to solve: