How do you solve $7x^2 - 14x = 0$ by factoring?

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Answer 1 · 2015-08-12T06:25:13

The solutions are:
$color(blue)(x=0$

$color(blue)(x=2$

$7x^2−14x=0$

Here $color(blue)(7x$ is common to both terms of the expression:

$color(blue)(7x)(x−2)=0$

Now we equate each of the two factors to zero , to find the solutions.

$7x=0 , color(blue)(x=0$

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

How do you solve 7x^2 - 14x = 07x^2 - 14x = 0 by factoring?