SOLUTION: (x-3)(x+7) - (x+1)(x+5)=0

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Question 537882: (x-3)(x+7) - (x+1)(x+5)=0
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Use FOIL to multiply both pairs of binomial factors, collect like terms (paying very careful attention to signs, especially those on your last three terms) and solve the resulting linear equation for .

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