Question

2x^2-2x-12=0 , what are the two equations?

Answer 1

To get the two equation we simply factorize first.
2x^2-2x-12=0
dividing through by 2 we get
x^2-x-6=0
factorizing the above we get:
x^2+2x-3x-6=0
x(x+2)-3(x+2)=0
(x+2)(x-3)=0
hence the equation will be:
x+2=0
x-3=0