Question

Question
Use the Zero Product Property to find the value of x that makes the following statement true: 2⋅(x−3)=0
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Answer 1

Use the zero-product property: if a·b = 0 then a = 0 or b = 0. Here 2 · (x − 3) = 0, but 2 ≠ 0, so x − 3 = 0. Thus x = 3.