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#1 2007-10-28 01:45:30
- luca-deltodesco
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particularly hard question on roots of cubic equations
I'm a bit stumped on this.
this is my working out so far (and don't worry i havn't solved it yet ^^)
The Beginning Of All Things To End.
The End Of All Things To Come.
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#2 2007-10-28 08:41:13
- JaneFairfax
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Re: particularly hard question on roots of cubic equations
So most probably the equation youre looking for is
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#3 2007-10-28 11:15:53
- luca-deltodesco
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Re: particularly hard question on roots of cubic equations
it took me a while to see how you took that step before realising you had it arranged as the original equation equating to 0. Atleast i know i was going in the right direction 
and yeh, checking the answer in the book your last equation is right, although they simplified it to:
The Beginning Of All Things To End.
The End Of All Things To Come.
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