If I understood the question correctly you can think of 25x^2-9 as being 25x^2+0x-9. Therefore a=25, b=0, and c=-9. Using the quadratic formula x=(-b(+or-)√(b²-(4ac)))/(2a). after solving this equation with the given a, b, and c values you should get x=3/5 and -3/5.