How do you solve $6x^2 + 3x = 0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-05T17:34:49

$color(blue)(x = 0, x = -1/2$

$6x^2 + 3x = 0$

$color(blue)(3x)$ is common to both terms.

$color(blue)(3x) ( 2x + 1) = 0$

Equating both factors to zero to obtain solutions.

$3x = 0, x = 0/3 = 0$

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

How do you solve 6x^2 + 3x = 0 6x^2 + 3x = 0?