solve the equation (3x+2)(x-5)=0. What is the highest value?

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samsan9 · Answer

i think it is 5 but idk

tkhunny · Answer

5 and -2/3 are your only choices.

Note: The question is not clear at all.

samsan9 · Answer

well it says enter the solution with the highest value

imstuck · Answer

But 5 and -2/3 are the x intercepts, not the highest value of y.

samsan9 · Answer

there are no answer choices its just a blank box :/ i have to put something there

tkhunny · Answer

Like I said, the question, as presented, is ambiguous.

"enter the solution with the highest value"

NOW, we are talking about the solutions or zeros.

"What is the highest value"

This could mean what the other one meant OR it could be a reference to the function maximum, which doesn't exist.

tkhunny · Answer

Now that you have provided the correct problem statement, it is unambiguously 5.

samsan9 · Answer

yeah my bad and so its just 5?

tkhunny · Answer

You tell me.  Go with confidence.