-3...

"It's, uh, -3," you say as you stare down at your notebook, seeing that is the last thing you wrote down.

"And?" Mr. Doe says.

"And," you stall as you search for another possible answer from the last problem you have written down, but it appears as if you have forgotten to find the other solution. "Uhm..."

"Do you have the other answer?" Mr. Doe asks.

In your notebook, you see that you have written "2x - 10 = 0" as well as "x - 3 = 0". You're not exactly which equation answers his question, since you hadn't really heard the question in the first place. Plus, you have no idea what these equations are for.

"Jane, is that a no?"