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Algebra Level 2

The equation x ( x 2 ) = 5 x x(x-2) = 5x can be simplified to x 2 = 5 x-2 = 5 . Are these equations the same?

Yes, in a different dimension. Yes No It depends

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2 solutions

Noel Lo
Jul 8, 2015

The first equation has two roots including x = 0 x=0 but the second equation only has one root.

The First Equation is quadratic while the second one is linear.

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