SOLUTION: Can You Help Me On This Question????????????????? please?????? is: 5x to the second + 35x + 60 =

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Question 68094: Can You Help Me On This Question?????????????????
please??????
is: 5x to the second + 35x + 60 =
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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5x to the second + 35x + 60 =
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I assume you mean: 5x^2 + 35x + 60 = 0
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You can simplify this by dividing equation thru by 5; then you have:
x^2 + 7x + 12 = 0
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This is easily factored to:
(x+4)(x+3) = 0
:
The two solutions:
x = -4
and
x = -3