SOLUTION: Solve. x^2 – 6x – 7 = 0

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Question 64397: Solve. x^2 – 6x – 7 = 0
Answer by chitra(359)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THE GIVEN EXPRESSION IS:

– 6X – 7 = 0

THE CONSTANT CAN BE FACTORED AS 7 TIMES 1 (7 * 1)

HENCE, THE GIVEN EXPRESSION CAN BE WRITTEN AS:



TAKING COMMON TERMS BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO TERMS AND THE NEXT TWO TERMS, WE GET:




[TAKING (X - 7) AS A COMMON FACTOR]

THE VALUES OF X CAN BE FOUND OUT BY EQUATING EACH ONE TO ZERO.

THUS, THE VALUES OF X ARE:

(X - 7) = 0 OR (X + 1) = 0

THIS IMPLIES:

X = 7 OR X = -1

HENCE, THE SOLUTION ....


REGARDS
Chitra

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