SOLUTION: how do you factor 5x^2-2x=0?

Question 281400: how do you factor 5x^2-2x=0?
Found 2 solutions by Mathematicians, richwmiller:
Answer by Mathematicians(84) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are a lot of different ways to factor out something sometimes it may be hard to remember. In your example:

You can factor using greatest common multiple. The greatest common multiple of , and is
Therefore you can take out an x like this:

Now that you have it factored, you have to set both of them equaling to 0. The first one is easy:

second one requires a little more algebra.

and finally

Those are both your answers!
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
factor out x
x*(5x-2)=0
x=0
5x-2=0
5x=2
x=2/5

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