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PLEASE. HELP. SERIOUSLY PLEASE. jess solved the quadratic equation x^2+2x = 8 but made a mistake. her work is shown belo
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PLEASE. HELP. SERIOUSLY PLEASE.
jess solved the quadratic equation x^2+2x = 8 but made a mistake. her work is shown below. identify the step(s) in which a mistake was made
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2021-08-16T04:20:54+00:00
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Answer:
x value would be 2
Step-by-step explanation:
The computation is shown below:
Given that
x^2 + 2x = 8
x^2 + 2x – 8 = 0
x^2 + 4x – 2x – 8 = 0
x(x + 4) – 2(x + 4) = 0
(x – 2) (x + 4) = 0
So, x value would be 2
x – 2 = 0
x = 2