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Answer:

  1. B solving by factoring
  2. A the quadratic formula

Explanation:

1.

The "zero product principle" or "zero product rule" tells you a product will be zero if and only if one or more of the factors is zero. This fact is used to solve quadratic equations by factoring.

Factoring the equation y = ax² +bx +c to the form y = a(x -r)(x -s) allows you to immediately identify the solutions of y=0 as x=r and x=s. These are the values of x that make the factors zero, hence making the product zero.

Finding the values of x that satisfy ax² +bx +c = 0 by rearranging it to the form a(x -r)(x -s) = 0 is called "solving by factoring."

2.

When the process of "completing the square" is applied to the standard-form quadratic y = ax² +bx +c, the result is a formula for the two solutions to y = 0:


x = (-b\pm√(b^2-4ac))/(2a)

This quadratic formula tells you the solutions based on the coefficients of the original equation, so does not require rearranging the equation in any way.

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