SOLUTION: please help me with my homework problem. Solve each equation using the zero-factor property. 25y^2+4=20y

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Question 76303: please help me with my homework problem. Solve each equation using the zero-factor property.

25y^2+4=20y
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First get all terms to one side

Now factor the left side
ERROR Algebra::Solver::Engine::invoke_solver_noengine: solver not defined for name 'quadratic_factoring'.
Error occurred executing solver 'quadratic_factoring' .


If we replace the x's with y's, the left side then becomes

Since the two factors are the same, we can write them as this

Take the square root of both sides

Add 2 to both sides
Divide both sides by 5
So our answer is


Check:

Plug in




works

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