I'll give you the equation first, then I'll tell you how I got it. The equation is x²-2x-35 = 0. If we were asked to solve that, we would do this: x²-2x-35 = 0 (x+5)(x-7) = 0 x+5 = 0; x-7 = 0 x = -5; x = 7 Just reverse those steps and you'll get how to go from the solutions back to the equation. You are "solving it in reverse": x = -5; x = 7 x+5 = 0; x-7 = 0 (x+5)(x-7) = 0 x²-2x-35 = 0 Edwin