SOLUTION: please help me solve this equasion {{{m^2-3m-10=0}}}

Question 120299: please help me solve this equasion

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation

Factor the left side (note: if you need help with factoring, check out this solver)

Now set each factor equal to zero:
or

or Now solve for m in each case

So our answer is
or

Notice if we graph (just replace m with x) we can see that the roots are and . So this visually verifies our answer.

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