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

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May 21, 2015

Collect $x$ :
$x(2x-1)=0$
The expression on the left is equal to zero only if:
1) $x=0$
or
2) $2x-1=0$ i.e. $x=1/2$

which are your two solutions.

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