You must factor.
The factored form is equal to the assigned form.
Values a, b correspond to the factored 1, -1.
Value of x however remains unknown. But we can change that.
Given factored result,
We can set expression equal to 0 then find such x that when added with number a or b results with 0.
Hence x has 2 solutions.
Hope this helps.
In the figure we have three right angles .The triangles similar to each other .Similar triangles have sides in proportion .The altitude rule is true for the triangles .
The theorem states :The altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the mean proportional between the segments into which it divides the hypotenuse.
Substituting the values from the triangles we ahve:
s is the right answer