How do you use solve x^2 + 15x + 50 = 0?

1 Answer
Mar 8, 2018

Break the trinomial into two binomials and solve for x in each of the binomials

Explanation:

x^2 + 15x + 50 = ( x +5)xx( x +10 ) so

(x + 5) xx ( x +10 ) = 0

x + 5 = 0 subtract 5 from both sides

x + 5 - 5 = 0 -5

x = 5

x + 10 = 0 subtract 10 from both sides

x + 10 -10 = 0-10

x = -10

The values for x are -5.-10