Question #6c03c
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Explanation:
find two numbers that add to make 10 and multiply to make -24:
Explanation:
First, let's set the quadratic equal to zero by subtracting 8 from both sides. This gives us:
Now we can factor by grouping. This is a useful factoring method, as if we can break up our x term into two terms, now our factoring gets straightforward.
We can rewrite the quadratic as:
Blue terms: Factor a 3x out to get
Purple terms: Factor a -2x out to get
With both the blue and purple terms, we have a