Question

How do you solve `x^3 − 5x^2 − 36x + 180 = 0`?

Answer 1

You can solve this one easily by factoring.

Explanation:

`x^2(x - 5) - 36(x - 5) = 0`

`(x^2 - 36)(x - 5) = 0`

`x^2 = 36 and x = 5`

`x = +-6 and 5`

Hopefully this helps!