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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help please

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

Yes, what do you need help with ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

You can see that Stefon is adding 14x to each side... but that's purposeless. The other 2 have the correct answer, they just use different methods.

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

I have a better method though... \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf 2x^{2}-14x+20=0 }\) \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf 2(x^{2}-7x+10)=0 }\) \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf x^{2}-7x+10=0 }\) \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf (x-5)(x-2)=0 }\) \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf x-5=0~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~x-2=0 }\) \(\LARGE\color{blue}{ \bf x=5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~x=2 }\)

OpenStudy (solomonzelman):

Also, saying x=2 and x=5 is correct. Saying that the answers are (2,0) and (5,0) is incorrect.

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