since its the zeros it should be x -/+ something
(x-1)(x+1)(x+4)
multiply for standard form
((x^2)-1)(x+4)
x^3-x
+ x^2 -4
x^2 + x^2 -x -4
Answer is a because a^-2 will be changed to 1/a^2
Hope that helps
By the Pythagorean theorem,
.. x^2 +(x -46)^2 = (x +4)^2
.. 2x^2 -92x +2116 = x^2 +8x +16
.. x^2 -100x +2100 = 0
.. (x -50)^2 -400 = 0
.. x = 50 ±20 . . . . . only x=70 makes any sense in the problem
The height, x, of the tree is 70 meters.
