How do you solve $3x^2-15x=0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-02T17:24:28

The solutions are
$color(blue)(x=0$
$color(blue)(x=5$

$3x^2 - 15x = 0$

$3x$ is common to both terms of the L.H.S:

$3x( x - 5) = 0$

Equating each of the factors to zero we obtain the solutions:
$3x= 0 , x = 0/3, color(blue)(x=0$

$x- 5= 0 , color(blue)(x=5$

How do you solve 3x^2-15x=0 3x^2-15x=0 ?