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

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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.

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