>>>So, where's the rest of the solution? :))
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>There is a smile there! I think there were already 2-3 correct answers here, on this thread. I was just joking because the message I was repling to it was unfinished.
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>>As far as I remember:
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>A little too far... :)
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>>y = (X+3)*(X+24) =
>>y = X^2 + 27X + 72
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>Correct.
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>>Y = (-27X +/- SQRT(27X^2-4*X^2*72))/(2*X^2)
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>Not correct.
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>>Is the old (-b +/- SQRT(b^2-4ac)/2a
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>This is the formula. You must know also what a, b and c means. This is the solution for the general second degree equation:
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>aX^2+bX+c=0
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>which can have none, 1 or 2 solutions, depending on a, b, c. (In fact, if we're looking for a complex solution, there is always at least one.)
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>Vlad

Thanks Doc! My maths are a "little" rusty. :-)