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Melody  Feb 11, 2022
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You could solve it using the quadratic formula.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ezDEk3qCg

but it is easy enough to do by factorising.

$$x^2-2x-8=0$$

You need to find two numbers  that multiply to give -8 (straight away you know that one is neg and one is pos)

and they have to add to -2 (so the bigger looking one is neg)

-4 and 2 That was easy.

$$(x-4)(x+2)=0$$

Now, if you are happy you can give me a thumbs up.  I would like that!

Now, if 2 things are going to multiply to give 0 then one (or both) of them must be zero.

so  x-4=0   or  x+2=0

x=4   or   x=-2

May 6, 2014