SOLUTION: Show and explain each step in solving the following quadratic equations: x^2 - 10x = 0

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Question 22377: Show and explain each step in solving the following quadratic equations:
x^2 - 10x = 0
Answer by Alwayscheerful(414) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 (in our case 1x%5E2%2B-10x%2B0+=+0) has the following solutons:

x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant b%5E2-4ac should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant b%5E2-4ac: b%5E2-4ac=%28-10%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A0=100.

Discriminant d=100 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--10%2B-sqrt%28+100+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-10%29%2Bsqrt%28+100+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+10
x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-10%29-sqrt%28+100+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+0

Quadratic expression 1x%5E2%2B-10x%2B0 can be factored:
1x%5E2%2B-10x%2B0+=+1%28x-10%29%2A%28x-0%29
Again, the answer is: 10, 0. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-10%2Ax%2B0+%29

Hope this helps!