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

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-02T12:44:33

I found:
$x_1=0$
$x_2=2$

Try collecting $x$ to get:
$x(x-2)=0$
this is true either if $x=0$ or $x-2=0$ ;
so you get two solutions:
$x_1=0$
$x_2=2$

Alternately you can use the Quadratic Formula but it is boring!

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