SOLUTION: Solve using the principle of zero products b(b + 16)(b + 3) = 0 please someone show me how this = zero

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Question 300250: Solve using the principle of zero products
b(b + 16)(b + 3) = 0
please someone show me how this = zero
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Solve using the principle of zero products
b(b + 16)(b + 3) = 0
please someone show me how this = zero
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There are 3 factors. If the product is zero, one of them has to be zero.
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b = 0 will do it.
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b + 16 = 0 --> b = -16
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b + 3 = 0 --> b = -3
One of those 3 has to be true.