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Okay Match bumpers Another one for you What are the

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roots of the quadratic equation X squared plus seven x

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equals sixty So before we can find the roots While

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we need to set this puppy equal to zero by

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subtracting sixty from both sides And yes that's right Tell

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this quadratic what a total zero it is Go ahead

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yell at it like you're drake raging it Kendrick perkins

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you know about the hymn of his capris So we

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have x squared plus seven Acts minus 60 is 0

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Now think of the two Numbers that multiply 2 negative

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60 and add up to seven Keeping in mind that

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the bigger number must be negative since their product is

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a negative number And there some is a positive number

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while the Numbers 10 and negative 6 months played sixty

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but their sums for so that can't be it The

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Numbers 12 in negative 5 apply to negative sixty and

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they add up to seven So yeah bingo Now we

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can factor our first step to solving the problem So

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we have x plus twelve and then x minus five

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Well twelve and five are both prominently featured in two

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of our answer choices A nd right here before randomly

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just choosing one Let's take a second to set each

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of these terms equal to zero We can do this

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because what we know their product is zero right Anything

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Times zero zero set up the equation X plus twelve

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is zero which gives us the route x is negative

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Twelve Then if we set x minus five to zero

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well that corresponds to the route x equals five so 00:01:27.523 --> [endTime] yeah ay is the correct answer

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