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

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-24T07:23:30

The solutions are:
$color(blue)(x=0$
$color(green)(x=14$

$x^2 - 14x = 0$

$x$ is common to both terms of the L.H.S:

$color(blue)(x) color(green)( ( x - 14) ) = 0$

Now, we equate both factors to zero to obtain the solutions:

$color(blue)(x=0$
$x - 14 = 0 , color(green)(x=14$

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