You must factor.

The factored form is equal to the assigned form.

Values a, b correspond to the factored 1, -1.
Value of x however remains unknown. But we can change that.
Given factored result,

We can set expression equal to 0 then find such x that when added with number a or b results with 0.

Hence x has 2 solutions.

Hope this helps.
11.3x + 7.2 = 86.3
11.3x + 7.2 (-7.2) = 86.3 (-7.2)
11.3x = 79.1
11.3x/11.3 = 79.1/11.3
x = 7
7 is your answer
hope this helps
Domain: (-infinity, infinity)
Range: (-infinity, infinity)
16. 10
17. 6
18. 10
Good luck!
There are more than one answers.
Work shown above! Answer would be A!