How do you factor and solve $x(2x-1)=0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-01T16:02:30

$x = 0 and x = 1/2$
Factor the equation and solve for each factor separately
$x = 0 and 2x-1 = 0$

$x= 0" or "2x-1 = 0$

Solve $2x-1 = 0$ by working backwards PE SADM
add the opposite of -1 to both sides

$2x - 1 + 1 = 0 + 1$

$( -1 + 1 = 0)$

Divide both sides by 2 the opposite of multiplying by 2

$(2x)/2= 1/2$

$(2/2 = 1)$

$x =1/2$

As this equation has two factors with $x$ , it has two possible solutions.

The first solution is $x= 0$
The second is $x = 1/2$

How do you factor and solve x(2x-1)=0x(2x-1)=0?