Use FOIL (First, Outside, Inside, Last) to solve. x times x is x², so that is the first term of our trinomial. The outside terms are x times 4, or 4x. The inside terms are -9 and x, so -9x. The last terms are -9 times 4, or -36. We can add the like terms of 4x and -9x to get -5x. So, your trinomial is x² - 5x - 36.
So we start by combining like terms; Now we have; We then subtract 1 from both sides; Then we divide both sides by 5; Leaving the final answer to be h = -2