Question

What are the solutions of the equation?
c2-10c=0

Answer 1

We can factor out 'c' to go from

c^2 - 10c = 0

to

c(c - 10) = 0


Now we can then use the zero product property to say

c = 0 or c-10 = 0


Finally, solve that second equation for c to get


c = 0 or c = 10