document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030164>Question 1030164</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For the equation X2-13x=30, I got the answer (x-15)(X+2)by setting to zero so that: X squared  -13x=30 becomes X squared -13x-30=0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I found that -15 times 2 equals 30, and -15 plus 2 = -13.  when I checked the answer, it said that X= -2 and X+15. Why isn't it 2 and -15?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Help, please?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are correct with your<BR>\n" );
document.write( "factorisation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 13x - 30 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (x - 15)(x + 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To get the values for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you make x^2 - 13x - 30 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(as you did)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x - 15)(x + 2)= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take each separate bracket:-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 15 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So values for x are:-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2, 15.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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