SOLUTION: Could someone please possibly see what I am doing incorrectly in trying to solve the problem: Given the function p(c) = c^2 + c, complete the following. Solve p(c) = 2. (E

Question 1134657: Could someone please possibly see what I am doing incorrectly in trying to solve the problem:
Given the function p(c) = c^2 + c, complete the following.
Solve p(c) = 2.
(Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
I’ve plugged 2 into the equation and did simple algebra, but the answers that I’ve gotten keep being tagged incorrect. My answers have been 6 and -6.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You're apparently evaluating p(2). That's not what the question asks for.

A clue is in the wording. The problem didn't ask you to EVALUATE anything. It asked you to SOLVE something.

Since you are supposed to SOLVE something, there must be an equation. Interpreting the question correctly, that equation is

p(c) = 2 --> c^2 + c = 2

That's a quadratic equation; I will assume you know how to find the two solutions....
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