SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: it's on radical expressions (i mean x^2 to mean x squared)
8-7x-x^2
__________ times
x+8
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8-7x-x^2
__________ times
x+8
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Question 379105: Please help me solve this equation: it's on radical expressions (i mean x^2 to mean x squared)
8-7x-x^2
__________ times
x+8
x+5
_____
9x-9
i know that i should set the 8-7x-x^2 in standard form to continue the problem, but when i do that how i was taught i end up with -x^2-7x+8, so i would turn that into -(x+/- ____)(x+/-____) but i can't figure out what multiplies to be 8 and adds or subtracts to be -7. maybe i am doing this problem wrong?
thankyou. Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
