Solve for x:
(13 x - 5) (14 x - 36) = 0
Split into two equations:
13 x - 5 = 0 or 14 x - 36 = 0
Add 5 to both sides:
13 x = 5 or 14 x - 36 = 0
Divide both sides by 13:
x = 5/13 or 14 x - 36 = 0
Factor constant terms from the left hand side:
x = 5/13 or 2 (7 x - 18) = 0
Divide both sides by 2:
x = 5/13 or 7 x - 18 = 0
Add 18 to both sides:
x = 5/13 or 7 x = 18
Divide both sides by 7:
Answer: x = 5/13 or x = 18/7
The aircraft carrier USS Essex and the destroyer USS Gearing attempted to intercept the Soviet tanker Bucharest as it over the U.S. quarantine of Cuba.The Soviet ship failed to cooperate, but the U.S. Navy restrained itself from forcibly seizing the ship, deeming it unlikely that the tanker was carrying offensive weapons.
Answer:
-1/2
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