Is [-2;2) union [2;5] an interval

Twenty-five percent of the customers entering a grocery store between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. use an express checkout. consider five randomly selected customers, and let x denote the number among the five who use the express checkout.

Girardo is using the model below to solve the equation . girardo uses the following steps: step 1 add 4 negative x-tiles to both sides step 2 add 1 negative unit tile to both sides step 3 the solution is which step could be adjusted so that gerardo's final step results in a positive x-value? in step 1, he should have added 4 positive x-tiles to both sides. in step 1, he should have added 3 negative x-tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 4 negative unit tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 1 positive unit tile to both sides.

Find the solution(s) to x^2-14+49=0