Frequent Questions about our Solver

The problem

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"This calculation is taking too much CPU time." is the message that popped up for me. Even though it's just 10th-grader-level mathematics.

Answer provided by our tutors

I will pass this on to the developer but it is not designed for a manual solution.  One resource is to manually manipulate the expression into a simpler form and then enter the equation into the 'Advanced' link on quickmath.com:

http://quickmath.com/webMathematica3/quickmath/equations/solve/advanced.jsp#c=solve_advancedsolveequations&v1=9x%5E3-6x%5E2-34x%2B20%3D0&v2=x

The 3rd degree expression was obtained by first reaching an initial solution step using doyourmath.com:

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