Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x-6)(x+7)=0

$(x - 6) (x + 7) = 0$

Step 1

Simplify the left side.

Simplify $(x - 6) (x + 7)$ .

Expand $(x - 6) (x + 7)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$x (x + 7) - 6 (x + 7) = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x \cdot x + x \cdot 7 - 6 (x + 7) = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x \cdot x + x \cdot 7 - 6 x - 6 \cdot 7 = 0$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$x^{2} + x \cdot 7 - 6 x - 6 \cdot 7 = 0$

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

$x^{2} + 7 \cdot x - 6 x - 6 \cdot 7 = 0$

Multiply $- 6$ by $7$ .

$x^{2} + 7 x - 6 x - 42 = 0$

Subtract $6 x$ from $7 x$ .

$x^{2} + x - 42 = 0$

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 $a = 1$ , $b = 1$ , and $c = - 42$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{1^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 42)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Step 4

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

One to any power is one.

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{1 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 42}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 42$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{1 - 4 \cdot - 42}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 42$ .

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{1 + 168}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $1$ and $168$ .

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{169}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $169$ as $13^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm \sqrt{13^{2}}}{2 \cdot 1}$

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

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm 13}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{- 1 \pm 13}{2}$

Step 5

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 6, - 7$

Solve Using the Quadratic Formula (x-6)(x+7)=0

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