How to factor and solve a trinomial when it is not set to zero

The video tutorial reviews solving linear equations and introduces quadratic equations, highlighting the differences between them. It explains the process of solving quadratic equations by factoring and applying the zero product property. The tutorial demonstrates setting quadratic equations to zero, factoring them, and solving for the variable to find the solution set.

How do you set a quadratic equation equal to zero, and why is this step important?

After factoring a quadratic equation, what steps do you take to find the solutions?