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<h1 align="center">Zero Product Property</h1>
<p>The &quot;Zero Product Property&quot; says that:</p>
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<p class="center">If &nbsp; <span class="largest">a &times; b = 0</span> &nbsp; then &nbsp; <span class="largest">a = 0</span> &nbsp; or &nbsp; <span class="largest">b = 0</span> &nbsp; <br>
(or both a=0 and b=0)</p>
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<p>It can help us solve equations: </p>
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<h3>Example: Solve (x&minus;5)(x&minus;3) = 0</h3>
<p>The &quot;Zero Product Property&quot; says:</p>
<p align="center">If &nbsp;<span class="large">(x&minus;5)(x&minus;3) = 0</span>&nbsp; then &nbsp; <span class="large">(x&minus;5) = 0</span> &nbsp; <b>or</b> &nbsp; <span class="large">(x&minus;3) = 0</span></p>
<p>Now we just solve each of those:</p>
<p align="center">For <span class="large">(x&minus;5) = 0</span> we get <span class="large">x = 5</span></p>
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<p align="center">For <span class="large">(x&minus;3) = 0</span> we get <span class="large">x = 3</span></p>
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<p>And the solutions are: </p>
<p align="center" class="larger">x = <b>5</b>, or x = <b>3</b></p>
<p>Here it is on a graph:</p>
<p class="center"><img src="images/x-5-x-3-graph.gif" width="243" height="191" alt="(x-5)(x-3) = 0 graph" /><br>
<b>y=0 when x=3 or x=5 </b></p>
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<h2>Standard Form of an Equation</h2>
<p>Sometimes we can solve an equation by putting it into Standard Form and then using the Zero Product Property:</p>
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<p>The &quot;Standard Form&quot; of an equation is:</p>
<p align="center"><i>(some expression)</i> <span class="large">= 0</span></p>
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<p>In other words, &quot;= 0&quot; is on the right, and everything else is on the left.</p>
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<h3>Example: Put x<sup>2</sup> = 7 into Standard Form</h3>
<p>Answer:</p>
<p align="center"><span class="large">x<sup>2</sup> &minus; 7 = 0</span><br />
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<h2>Standard Form and the Zero Product Property</h2>
<p>So let's try it out:</p>
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<h3>Example: Solve 5(x+3) = 5x(x+3)</h3>
<p>It is tempting to divide by (x+3), but that is <a href="../numbers/dividing-by-zero.html">dividing by zero</a> when <span class="larger">x = &minus;3</span></p>
<p>So instead we can use &quot;Standard Form&quot;:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">5(x+3) &minus; 5x(x+3) = 0</p>
<p>Which can be simplified to:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">(5&minus;5x)(x+3) = 0</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">5(1&minus;x)(x+3) = 0</p>
<p>Then the &quot;Zero Product Property&quot; says:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">(1&minus;x) = 0, or (x+3) = 0</p>
<p>And the solutions are: </p>
<p align="center" class="larger">x = <b>1</b>, or x = <b>&minus;3</b></p>
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<p>And another example:</p>
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<h3>Example: Solve <b>x<sup>3</sup> = 25x</b></h3>
<p>It is tempting to divide by x, but that is <a href="../numbers/dividing-by-zero.html">dividing by zero</a> when <span class="larger">x = 0</span></p>
<p>So let's use Standard Form and the Zero Product Property.</p>
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<p>Bring all to the left hand side:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">x<sup>3</sup> &minus; 25x = 0</p>
<p>Factor out x:</p>
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<p align="center" class="larger">x(x<sup>2</sup> &minus; 25) = 0</p>
<p><span class="larger">x<sup>2</sup> &minus; 25</span> is a <a href="special-binomial-products.html">difference of squares</a>, and can be factored into <span class="larger">(x &minus; 5)(x + 5)</span>:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">x(x &minus; 5)(x + 5) = 0</p>
<p>Now we can see three possible ways it could end up as zero:</p>
<p align="center" class="larger">x = <b>0</b>, or x = <b>5</b>, or x = <b>&minus;5</b></p>
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