Mari and Rob are making a poster for the science fair. They need to figure out how much a rock that weighs 7 pounds on Earth wou
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Answer:
x = 1/2 or 2
Step-by-step explanation:
You can factor this as ...
2x^2 -4x -x +2 = 0 . . . rewrite the middle term to enable factoring
2x(x -2) -1(x -2) = 0 . . . . factor by grouping
(2x -1)(x -2) = 0 . . . . factor out (x -2)
x = 1/2, 2 . . . . . . values of x that make the factors zero
