How do you find the roots of $x^{2} - 5 x = 0 ?$ $x^2-5x=0?$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T16:18:26

Roots: $x \in {0, 5}$ $x in {0,5}$

$x^{2} - 5 x = 0$ $x^2-5x=0$

factoring
$\to x (x - 5) = 0$ $rarr x(x-5)=0$

$\to x = 0 XX or XX x = 5$ $rarr x=0color(white)("XX")orcolor(white)("XX")x=5$

How do you find the roots of x2−5x=0?x^2-5x=0??