400,963 views
9 votes
9 votes
What are the dimensions of w^2 + 4w - 525 = 0

User HotDogCannon
by
2.9k points

1 Answer

28 votes
28 votes

Answer:

w=-25 and w=21

Explanation:

This equation is a trinomial meaning we can factorise it into brackets, in order to do that we must figure out which 2 numbers multiply to 525 but also add/subtract to 4.

These 2 numbers are 25 and -21 (we can find this through simple guess and check), so we put them into this form:

(x+25)(x-21)=0

Here, we can use the null factor law since the equation is equal to 0 to get:

w= -25 and w= 21

User Bushes
by
2.7k points