SOLUTION: Solve the following quadratic equations by factoring or by any other techniques of this chapter and explain why you chose that method over the other methods or each problem. {{

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: Solve the following quadratic equations by factoring or by any other techniques of this chapter and explain why you chose that method over the other methods or each problem.

The answer I got was . I am not sure what method I used and why or how to explain it. I am needed some help with that part. Is this answer correct? Thanks
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Earlsdon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Take the square root of both sides
Add 1 to both sides
So x equals
note: ignore the zero


Check:
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Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve:
Take the square root of both sides.
or In both cases, add 1 to both sides.
or These are the roots.
This uses the square root method becuase it is most direct.

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