SOLUTION: y^2-5y=0

Question 111375: y^2-5y=0
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Factor the left side (note: if you need help with factoring, check out this solver)

Now set each factor equal to zero:

or

or Now solve for x in each case

So our solutions are or

Notice if we graph we get

and we can see that the graph has roots at and , so this verifies our answer.

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