Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
How do you simplify fractions with odd numbers? Find the greatest common factor of both the numerator and denominator. Divide the numerator by the GCF. The result will be the simplified numerator.
X=-8,3.
divide all terms by the two in the first term to get x^2+5x-24=0. Then find the factors. To do so, find what two numbers can be multiplied to get 24, and whether those two numbers can be added or subtracted to get the middle term (5). Since 8x(-3)=24 and 8-3=5, (x+8) and (x-3) are the factors. Then set the factors equal to zero. Add or subtract these numbers to the other side of the equation and you then get x=-8,3. These are the roots.
