SOLUTION: can you help me solve x^2+2x+3x+4=70 ? Its the x^2 that confuses me (thats x to the second power) thank you in advance!

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Question 772646: can you help me solve x^2+2x+3x+4=70 ?
Its the x^2 that confuses me (thats x to the second power)
thank you in advance!

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The x^2 just means . That is how you write it using plain text.

Solving this would first need combining the terms of x.
________(2x+3x=5x)



Can you factorize the left side?
66=6*11
6+11=17
6-11=-5
11-6=5
-6-11=-17
Choice should be obvious.


Either OR so you have two solutions for x.....

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