Step 1
Hints
Added: The second equation means that
Thus we have
whose solutions are the values of x that make the factor or the factor equal to 0. The equation has the solution . The solutions of the equation may be found by the quadratic formula or as follows:
So
or
RizerMix
Expert
2022-01-27Added 437 answers
factor using polynomial division:
To solve this, we can quickly complete the square as follows:
Notice that we are setting
and we have our answer. I find this slightly faster than using the quadratic formula.