How do you factor $2x^2 - 9x + 5 = -4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-29T17:06:22

See a solution process below:

First, add $color(red)(4)$ to each side of the equation to isolate put the equation into standard form:

$2x^2 - 9x + 5 + color(red)(4) = -4 + color(red)(4)$

$2x^2 - 9x + 9 = 0$

Now, by playing with the factors of 2 (2 x 1) and $9$ (1 x 9, 3 x 3) we can factor this equation as:

$(2x - 3)(x - 3) = 0$

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