Question

b(b+17)=0

Answer 1

0,17?

Answer 2

i was thinking (0,17)?

Answer 3

I'm sorry it looks like my last reply didn't get posted.

You can only get zero from multiplication when one of the things you are multiplying is zero. So I find it helpful to rewrite these problems like this:

b * (b+ 17) = 0

So this way, b = 0, or when (b+17) equals zero, which is b = -17.

So the two answers are 0 and -17.

Answer 4

right! thanks. i tend to check my answers using this.