dustylawrns dustylawrns
  • 12-09-2014
  • Mathematics
contestada

Why can't you use the Zero-Product Property to solve (x-1)(x+3)=1?

Respuesta :

crisforp
crisforp crisforp
  • 12-09-2014
If ( x - 1 ) * ( x + 3 ) = 0 => x = 1 or x = -3;
But, (x-1)(x+3)=1 => x^2 + 3x -x - 3 = 1 => x^2 + 2x - 4 = 0;the discriminant is 2^2 - 4 * 1 * ( -4 ) = 20 => the solutions are x1 = 
( - 2 + [tex] \sqrt{20} [/tex]) / 2 ; x2 = - 2 - [tex] \sqrt{20} [/tex] ) / 2;
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

need helpppppppppppppppppp
The Christian church's first martyr was: Philip Stephen Peter Paul
A light bulb uses 2,000 J of energy in 1 min and 20 s. What is the power of the light bulb? 60 W 50 W 100 W 25 W
I only need the equations, I can solve it. A pile of 22 coins consists of nickels and dimes. The total value of the coins is 1.20. Find the number of each type
What is the product of the polynomials below? (x + 2)(2x^2 + 9x + 8) A. 2x^3 + 13x^2 - 26x + 16 B. 2x^3 + 17x^2 + 22x + 16 C. 2x^3 + 13x^2 + 26x + 16
Please Help you. Thank You. please note, it sais NOT EXPLAIN.
rational numbers are always able to be written as fractions true or false and why
Omar has 2and 3/4 cups of dough to make dumplings.if he uses 3/16 cup of dough for each dumpling,how many dumplings can omar make
What's 0.05 as an improper fraction
The endosymbiotic theory _____. 1.suggests that all cells depend on one another 2.suggests that a prokaryote ate another prokaryote to produce eukaryotes 3.was