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algebra intermediate

Problem

Let . For what values of is ? Enter all the solutions, separated by commas.
Solution
Expanding gives us Rather than expanding, we can subtract from both sides to get Factoring out gives . Factoring each quadratic separately, we get Thus the values of are .
Final answer
0, 3, -1, 4