Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x+2)(x-7)=0

$(x + 2) (x - 7) = 0$

Step 1

Simplify the left side.

Simplify $(x + 2) (x - 7)$ .

Expand $(x + 2) (x - 7)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$x (x - 7) + 2 (x - 7) = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x \cdot x + x \cdot - 7 + 2 (x - 7) = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x \cdot x + x \cdot - 7 + 2 x + 2 \cdot - 7 = 0$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$x^{2} + x \cdot - 7 + 2 x + 2 \cdot - 7 = 0$

Move $- 7$ to the left of $x$ .

$x^{2} - 7 \cdot x + 2 x + 2 \cdot - 7 = 0$

Multiply $2$ by $- 7$ .

$x^{2} - 7 x + 2 x - 14 = 0$

Add $- 7 x$ and $2 x$ .

$x^{2} - 5 x - 14 = 0$

Step 2

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

$\frac{- b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4 (a c)}}{2 a}$

Step 3

Substitute the values $a = 1$ , $b = - 5$ , and $c = - 14$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{5 \pm \sqrt{{(- 5)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 14)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

Raise $- 5$ to the power of $2$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 14}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 14$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 - 4 \cdot - 14}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 14$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{25 + 56}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $25$ and $56$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{81}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $81$ as $9^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm \sqrt{9^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x = \frac{5 \pm 9}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{5 \pm 9}{2}$

Step 5

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 7, - 2$

Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x+2)(x-7)=0

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