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sinve you are multiplying the two brackets together to equal 0 then one of the two brackets must equal 0.
You can seperate the equation into two halves: x-2=0 and 2x+5=0
you then solve for both of them and whichever has a lesser value is your answer:
Since -2.5 is less than 2 the smaller value of x is -2.5
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x=-5/2 - the smaller value
if (x-2)(2x+5)=0 find the smaller value for x?
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