Re: help on hard maths question!!! i really need help espc GCSE year!

Ian Johnston wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:42:25 UTC, Jim Spriggs <jim.sprigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: : So Ax^2 + Bx + C factors as : [x + B/(2A)-sqrt((B/(2A))^2 + C/A)]*[x + B/(2A)+sqrt((B/(2A))^2 + C/A)]
Eh? For a start, what's supposed to be the point of sqrt(...)^2? Get rid of that and you get 

Count the brackets, Ian; the '+C/A' is inside the sqrt.
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