Frankie performed the following steps to solve the equation 2m ^ 2 - 24m = - 54 . Step 1: 2m ^ 2 - 24m + 54 = 0 Step 22 (m ^ 2 - 12m + 27) = 0 Step 3: 2(m - 9)(m - 3) = 0; step 4:m=-9,-3,2 Which of the following statements is true? A Frankie solved the equation correctly. B Frankie did not perform the correct inverse operation in Step 1. Frankie did not factor out the common factor in Step 2. Frankie did not factor the trinomial correctly in Step 3 EFrankie did not find the correct solutions in Step 4
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D Frankie did not factor the trinomial correctly in Step 3. The correct factored form of m^2 - 12m + 27 should be (m - 9)(m - 3) instead of 2(m - 9)(m - 3). Therefore, the correct solutions in Step 4 should be m = 9, 3, instead of m = -9, -3.