How do you solve #2x = x^2#?
1 Answer
Feb 5, 2016
x= 0 , x = 2
Explanation:
Since there is a 'squared' term in this equation that means it is a quadratic equation.
collect terms to 1 side and equate to zero.
hence
#x^2 - 2x = 0 # there is a common factor of x → x(x-2) = 0
then x = 0 or x-2 = 0 → x = 2
