SOLUTION: (x+2)(x+6)=12

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Question 206302This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate
: (x+2)(x+6)=12 This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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(x+2)(x+6)=12

FOIL out the left side
2
x2+6x+2x+12=12

Combine like terms:

x2+8x+12=12

Get 0 on the right by subtracting 12 from both sides:

x2+8x=0

Factor out x on the left:

x(x+8)=0

Set both factors = 0

x=0,  x+8=0
        x=-8

So the solutions are 0 and -8

Edwin