SOLUTION: 4u^2 + 20u - 25 = 0 Please factor, explain and show work? This will be extremely helpful thank you so so much

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Question 777029: 4u^2 + 20u - 25 = 0
Please factor, explain and show work? This will be extremely helpful thank you so so much
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
looks awfully close to a perfect square but the signs are off, if you had minus first then plus then you could factor it into this (2u-5)(2u-5)=0. But we don't so we can't factor it completely