SOLUTION: Please help me solve without solving the equation or factoring, determine the solution(s) to the equation, x2 = 4x-5 = 0 using only the graph.

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Question 843972: Please help me solve without solving the equation or factoring, determine the solution(s) to the equation, x2 = 4x-5 = 0 using only the graph.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is it x^2+4x-5=0 (Red) or x^2-4x-5=0 (Green)?
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Either way you can easily tell where the functions cross the x-axis.
Those are solutions to the equation.
Plug them into the equation to verify.