SOLUTION: Please help me with this question:
Factoring:Solve
(y+3)(y+2)= 0
My first attempt was to distribute it but is that the first step to factoring? Also, my homework is about facto
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Factoring:Solve
(y+3)(y+2)= 0
My first attempt was to distribute it but is that the first step to factoring? Also, my homework is about facto
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Question 202626: Please help me with this question:
Factoring:Solve
(y+3)(y+2)= 0
My first attempt was to distribute it but is that the first step to factoring? Also, my homework is about factoring but it says solve. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Factoring:Solve
(y+3)(y+2)= 0
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It's already factored, so you need to Solve.
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Since the product is zero, one of those factors must be zero.
y+3 = 0 or y+2 = 0
y = -3 or y = -2
That is the solution.
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Stan H.
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