Solve .

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. or

  1. Step 1: Find two numbers with product and sum : and .
  2. Step 2: .
  3. Step 3: So or .
Answer
or .
Why not the others: or : the signs of the roots are swapped. or : these multiply to −14 but add to 13. or : the coefficients were read as the roots.

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