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Answer
The solutions are
and
.
Solution
Solve the equation
.
Solve the equation by following steps:
Solve the equation by following steps:
- step0: Solve for
:
- step1: Factor the expression:
- step2: Separate into possible cases:
- step3: Solve the equation:
- step4: Rewrite:
The solutions to the equation by factorizing are and .
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To factorize the polynomial
, we can use the Rational Root Theorem to test for possible rational roots. Testing
:
So,
is a factor. Now, we can perform polynomial long division or synthetic division to divide
by
. The result is
.
Next, we factor
:
Now we can write the original polynomial as:
Setting each factor to zero gives us the roots:
-
→ (with multiplicity 2) -
→
Thus, the solutions to the equation
are
(with multiplicity 2) and
.