What you must do in this case is to find the roots of the polynomial.
We have then:
x ^ 2 + 20x + 100 = 36
Rewriting:
x ^ 2 + 20x + 64 = 0
The values of the roots are:
x1 = -4
x2 = -16
Remember that the values of the roots are what make the polinome zero
Answer:
x1 = -4
x2 = -16
