Answer:
x = -9, 4
Step-by-step explanation:
The sides are marked congruent, so you have ...
x^2 +5x = 36
Subtracting 36 puts this in standard form:
x^2 +5x -36 = 0
To factor this, you need to find factors of -36 that have a sum of 5.
-36 = (-1)(36) = (-2)(18) = (-3)(12) = (-4)(9) = (-6)(6)
The sums of these factor pairs are 35, 16, 9, 5, 0.
The pair with a sum of 5 is (-4)(9), so the factorization of the quadratic is ...
(x -4)(x +9) = 0
The solutions are the values of x that make the factors zero:
x = 4, x = -9
Both of these solutions work in this problem.
