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Quadratics and Cubics, SMB-032

Solve the equation  `6x^2-3x-9=0`  for `x`.  (2 marks)

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`x=3/2 \ text{or}\ -1`

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`6x^2-3x-9` `=0`
`3(2x^2-x-3)` `=0`
`3(2x-3)(x+1)` `=0`

 

`2x-3` `=0` `text{or}\ \ \ \ x=-1`
`x` `=3/2`  

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