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 June 6th, 2016, 10:12 AM #1 Newbie     Joined: Jun 2016 From: indiana Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Confused with quadratic I am a college student reviewing an algebra problem. It appears that there might be a mistake in the problem, but normally I am just missing a step. This isn't homework, just review. What I am having problems with is one step in a quadratic eq. that has me dividing 6r^2-48r-54=0 by 6, and it ends up as r^2-8r-9=0. Why can the zero stay as it is? Is there a skipped step? Thanx - Chocolatepi Thanks from GIjoefan1976
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 Originally Posted by chocolatepi I am a college student reviewing an algebra problem. It appears that there might be a mistake in the problem, but normally I am just missing a step. This isn't homework, just review. What I am having problems with is one step in a quadratic eq. that has me dividing 6r^2-48r-54=0 by 6, and it ends up as r^2-8r-9=0. Why can the zero stay as it is? Is there a skipped step? Thanx - Chocolatepi
$\displaystyle \frac{0}{6} = 0$.

 June 6th, 2016, 11:18 AM #3 Newbie     Joined: Jun 2016 From: indiana Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 chocolatepi Can't believe I missed that! Thanx! - Chocolatepi
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