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Which step is the answer to the question and you cant answer step 5

Which step is the answer to the question and you cant answer step 5-example-1
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Explanation:

Step 2, she factored the trinomial incorrectly. She did, "what two numbers multiply to equal 6 but add to equal 5?" She should have asked multiply to equal -6 and add to equal 5. The correct factorization would be:

(x+6)(x-1) = 0

x = -6 and 1

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