SOLUTION: why do you factor a quadratic equation before you solve?

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Question 4812: why do you factor a quadratic equation before you solve?
Found 2 solutions by Dannylion84, robertb:
Answer by Dannylion84(3) About Me  (Show Source):
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To simplify it making it easier to solve.

Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Because you want to take advantage of the Zero-Product property, which says a*b = 0 implies either a = 0 or b = 0. Factoring a quadratic expression involves reversing the distributive property of multiplication over addition, the result being the product of two linear factors.