Expand the expression in the equation
$$\left(x - 20\right) \left(- 8 \left(x - 8\right)\right) = 0$$
We get the quadratic equation
$$- 8 x^{2} + 224 x - 1280 = 0$$
This equation is of the form
a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0
A quadratic equation can be solved
using the discriminant.
The roots of the quadratic equation:
$$x_{1} = \frac{\sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
$$x_{2} = \frac{- \sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
where D = b^2 - 4*a*c - it is the discriminant.
Because
$$a = -8$$
$$b = 224$$
$$c = -1280$$
, then
D = b^2 - 4 * a * c =
(224)^2 - 4 * (-8) * (-1280) = 9216
Because D > 0, then the equation has two roots.
x1 = (-b + sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
x2 = (-b - sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
or
$$x_{1} = 8$$
$$x_{2} = 20$$