SOLUTION: I am trying to come up with a quadratic equation that will have 2 solutions: 0 & -2. I'm a first year student, who has been out of school for 30 years, and I'm having a hard

Question 199794: I am trying to come up with a quadratic equation that will have 2 solutions:
0 & -2.
I'm a first year student, who has been out of school for 30 years, and I'm having a hard time with this. This is a bonus question for my next test, and I need all the help I can get! Can you please help me?
Thank you
Deb
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
or Start with the given solutions

or Get all the non-zero values to the left side

Combine the two equations (using the zero product property)

Distribute

So the quadratic equation is

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