How do you factor and solve $2x(x+3)=0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-28T21:24:21

$=>x = 0$
$=>x = -3$

$=>2x(x+3)=0$

This equation is already factored. We can divide by $2$ to simplify a bit more:

$=>x(x+3)=0$

We have two possible ways to satisfy this equation:

$=>x=0$
$=>x+3=0 -> x = -3$

Hence, the two solutions are: $x = 0$ and $x = -3$

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