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nexus9112 [7]
4 years ago
15

Please answer !!!! A student performed the following steps to find the solution to the equation x^2 - 2x - 8 =0 where did the st

udent go wrong ?
Step 1. Factor the polynomial into (x-4) and (x-2)
Step 2. x=-4=0 and x-2=0
Step 3. x=4 and x=2
A. in Step 2
B. in step 3
C. in step 1
D. the student did not make any mistakes the solution is correct.
Mathematics
2 answers:
attashe74 [19]4 years ago
8 0
The answer would have to be c. When factoring, the two numbers have to multiply to give you -8 but add to give you -2. The correct factored answer would have been (x-4) (x+2) =0
Nikolay [14]4 years ago
4 0

Answer: in step 2

Step-by-step explanation:APEX

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