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Sidana [21]
3 years ago
9

Percy solved the equation x2 + 7x + 12 = 12. His work is shown below. Is Percy correct? Explain.

Mathematics
2 answers:
nexus9112 [7]3 years ago
5 0
What does Percy's work look like?
77julia77 [94]3 years ago
3 0

Percy is not correct because he applied the zero product property to a factored expression that was not equal to 0. He should have subtracted 12 from both sides to get x2 + 7x = 0 before factoring. The correct solutions are 0 and -7

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