Answer
$x=7$ or $x=-6$.
Work Step by Step
By factorization, we have
$$x^2 - x-42=(x+6)(x-7)=0.$$
Then we have
$$(x-7) =0, \quad \text{or} \quad (x+6)=0$$
that is $x=7$ or $x=-6$.
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