I believe it’s -3 because it just sound realistic
If y and x varies directly we can use a rule of 3 to find the missing x so:

and the equation will be:
(x+1)(x-4)-(x-2) = 0
x²-4x+x-4-x+2 = 0
x²-4x-2 = 0
/\ = (-4)² - 4*1*(-2)
/\ = 16 + 8
/\ = 24
x = (-(-4)+/- \/24) / 2
x = (4+/-\/4*6)/2
x = (4+/-2\/6)/2
x = 2+/-\/6
x' = 2+\/6
x" = 2-\/6
Answer:
A
Step-by-step explanation:
A cube root is representaive of reverse mutiplication. E.g Square root of 4 is 2 (2x2)
Using this, we can see that anytime 3 negatives are multiplied, the answer will always be negative.