Question 280572
Neither of your equations are factorable even though this solver might say they are. This solver considers all real numbers factorable, whereas we normally only consider the equations factorable if there are whole numbers in the factors.
use the quadratic formula
*[invoke quadratic "x", 1, 4, 8 ]
*[invoke quadratic "x", 3, 12, 4 ]
*[invoke change_this_name4450 3, 12, 4, "x"]