SOLUTION: I know the answer is 5 and 12 but I can't get it to show as an equation (I must show my work and explann it in front of class tommorrow morning Help.

Question 88126: I know the answer is 5 and 12 but I can't get it to show as an equation (I must show my work and explann it in front of class tommorrow morning Help.
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is like working a problem backwards, starting from the answer and ending up with a quadratic equation. Start with
x=5 and x= 12
Write each of these as mini-equations equal to zero.
x-5=0 and x-12=0

Now, write the product of these factors equal to zero:
(x-5)*(x-12)=0

Finally, multiply it all out:

I hope you get this in time for your presentation!!

R^2
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