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The two angles pictured are corresponding angles, so they are congruent.
Therefore:
17x - 4 = 12 + 15x
Isolate for x by subtracting 15x from both sides:
2x - 4 = 12
Add 4 to both sides:
2x = 16
Divide both sides by 2:
x = 8.
y² - 4y - 2x - 4 = 0
<u> +2x +4 </u> <u>+2x + 4 </u>
y² - 4y = 2x + 4
<u> +4 </u> <u> +4 </u>
(y - 2)² = 2x + 8
<u> -8 </u> <u> -8 </u>
(y - 2)² - 8 = 2x

(y - 2)² - 4 = x
x =
(y - 2)² - 4
<em>Note: this is a parabola whose axis of symmetry is y = 2 and vertex is (-4, 2)</em>
Answer: (e-5)^2
Step-by-step explanation:
The box method is a good way to solve this, but for a quick explanation, start by finding a single value that when added gets -10 and when multiplied gets +25. We can find that this term is -5. We the can situate -5 into (e-5)^2 equation, where if you FOIL, you will be back at the unfactored equation. Hope this helps