SOLUTION: Can you help me find the answer to c^2 + c - 20 ?

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Question 7086: Can you help me find the answer to c^2 + c - 20 ?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve: ?
This is an expression and you can't solve expressions but you could solve this if it were an equation such as:

Let's assume that this is what you meant to write.
Solve by factoring.
Apply the zero product principle by setting (c+5) = 0 and (c-4) = 0.
If , then
If , then
The roots of this quadratic equation are: x = -5 or x = 4

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