Given the following equation how do you solve for b: b^2+b=6?

A parallelogram has two parallel sides measuring b^2+b and 6ft. Solve for b.
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x^2+x=6

or x^2+x-6=0

or (x-2)(x+3)=0

so x=2 or x=-3
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