How do you solve $x² - 5x + 6 = 0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-25T08:25:35

The solutions are
$color(green)(x=2, x=3$

$x^2 - 5x +6=0$
Here we can first factorise the expression and then find the solution:

Factorising by splitting middle term
$x^2 color(green)(-2x - 3x) +6=0$

$x(x-2) -3(x-2)=0$
$color(green)( (x-2)(x-3) =0$
Equating the two factors with zero to obtain solutions:

How do you solve x² - 5x + 6 = 0x² - 5x + 6 = 0?