SOLUTION: Have you any suggestions on how to work this problem to its simplest form? thanks 2x2

SOLUTION: Have you any suggestions on how to work this problem to its simplest form? thanks 2x2 - 26x = 60

Question 103906: Have you any suggestions on how to work this problem to its simplest form? thanks 2x2 - 26x = 60
Found 2 solutions by checkley75, Earlsdon:
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x^2-26x-60=0
2(x^2-13x-30)=0
2(x-15)(x+2)=0
x-15=0
x=15 answer.
x+2=0
x=-2 answer.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By "...work to its simplest form..." do you mean "solve for x"?
I'll assume that's what you mean.
Subtract 60 from both sides.
Factor 2 from the trinomial.
Now factor the trinomial in parentheses.
so...
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