SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem.Solve: x^2-3x-40=0

Question 110995: Please help me with this problem.Solve: x^2-3x-40=0
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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 x in each case

So our solutions are or

Notice if we graph we get

and we can see that the graph has roots at and , so this verifies our answer.

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