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Assignment 17
Try to solve by factorizing:
Solution
In this equation 
, but both sides can be divided by 
without fractions as coefficients as a result:
We have to find 
and 
such that:
and 
The following values will do:
and 
Thus the equation can be written as:
and thus the solutions are:
or 
