SOLUTION: If one of the roots of the equation {{{ x^2+kx=6 }}} is 2, what is the value of k?

SOLUTION: If one of the roots of the equation {{{ x^2+kx=6 }}} is 2, what is the value of k?

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Question 941192: If one of the roots of the equation is 2, what is the value of k?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If one of the roots of the equation is , means
plug it in and find the value of

so, your equation is:

as you can see from the graph, one root is and other one is

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