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What are the roots of the polynomial equation?x2−14x−32=0Enter your answers in the boxes.x1= x2=

What are the roots of the polynomial equation?x2−14x−32=0Enter your answers in the-example-1
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Answer:


\begin{gathered} x_1\text{ = -2} \\ x_2=\text{ 16} \end{gathered}

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the roots of the given polynomial

We can have the expression re-written as follows:


\begin{gathered} x^2-16x+2x-32\text{ = 0} \\ x(x-16)+2(x-16)\text{ = 0} \\ (x+2)(x-16)\text{ = 0} \\ x\text{ + 2 = 0, x = -2} \\ x-16\text{ = 0, x = 16} \end{gathered}

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