Question

HELP PLEASE

Which of the following methods would be the easiest to use to solve 12x^2 – 48 = 0?



isolating the x^2 term and finding the square root of both sides

All three methods would be easy and effective.

factoring

using the quadratic formula

Answer 1

One note for isolating the variables, however. Make sure you take plus or minus the square root as both values are valid.

Answer 2

isolating the x^2 is the simplest way. it would only be three steps.