7x2+6=23x a. What is the first step when solving this quadratic equation?

b. What are the solutions to the equation?

x = 3, x =

Step-by-step explanation:

(a)

The first step is to subtract 23x from both sides, that is

7x² - 23x + 6 = 0 ← in standard form

(b)

Consider the factors of the product of the coefficient of the x² term and the constant term which sum to give the coefficient of the x- term.

product = 7 × 6 = 42 and sum = - 23

The factors are - 21 and - 2

Use these factors to split the x- term

7x² - 21x - 2x + 6 = 0 ( factor the first/second and third/fourth terms )

7x(x - 3) - 2(x - 3) = 0 ← factor out (x - 3) from each term

(x - 3)(7x - 2) = 0

Equate each factor to zero and solve for x

x - 3 = 0 ⇒ x = 3

7x - 2 = 0 ⇒ 7x = 2 ⇒ x =

answer: 15

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.