Hat are the solutions of the equation x4 – 5x2 – 14 = 0? use factoring to solve.

We are given equation: .

Now, we need to find the solutions of the given equation.

We need to solve given equation by factoring.

Let us factor the quadratic.

Factoring out GCF of each group.

Substituting back .

Applying zero product rule.

=>.

=>.

Therefore, solutions of the equation are:

I'm pretty sure it's D.40 because it's the biggest number and 6+13+17 is only a bit bigger than 24. Also, all the numbers add up to 60 and 27 is only a bit less than 50% of 60