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You put everything to the left side. For example, if you have a constant term on the right side, subtract it on both sides, so that you have an equation where the right-hand side IS zero.

For example: 5x2 + 3x - 5 = 20

Subtract 20 from both sides:

5x2 + 3x - 25 = 0

Now you can apply the quadratic formula.

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