Question

`(x + 3)(x + 7) = 0`solve the following.

Answer 1

Since the polynomial is in factored form, we can equate each factor to zero to find the solutions:

`\begin{gathered} (x+3)(x+7)=0 \\ \begin{cases}x+3=0\to x=-3 \\ x+7=0\to x=-7\end{cases} \end{gathered}`

Therefore the solutions are x = -3 and x = -7.