Question

Solve the equation by factoring:
x^2 + 5x ­ - 24 = 0
Is the answer -3, 8 or -8, 3???

Answer 1

You can do this two ways by factoring or by using the quadratic formula

\[(x+8)(x-3) = 0\]

Answer 2

there are two solutions to this equation @jojor_124 can you see this?

Answer 3

solving this is easy

\[\frac{ (x+8) }{ (x+8) }*(x-3) = \frac{ 0 }{ (x+8) }\]

we divide both sides by (x+8)

and we're left with this.

how would we solve this?

\[(x-3) = 0 \]

and

\[(x+8) = 0 \]