how to solve: -36x^(2)-26x=-4x^(2)-6x

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-36x2-26x=-4x2-6x.

Multiply through by -½:

18x2+13x=2x2+3x.

Gather together like terms and factorise:

2x(8x+5)=0, so x=0 or -⅝.

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