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Alternative method:<br />
Equation of graph: y = x 2 – 3x + 2<br />
Equation to be solved: 0 = x 2 – 3x + 1<br />
Subtracting: y = 1 is the equation of the line to be drawn.<br />
(c) Use the above graph to solve x 2 – 4x = 0<br />
y = x 2 – 3x + 2<br />
0 = x 2 – 4x (subtracting)<br />
y = x + 2<br />
Draw a straight line graph of the function y = x + 2 on the same axes as shown<br />
below:<br />
The line crosses the curve at the points where x = 0 and x = 4.<br />
Hence the solutions of x 2 – 4x = 0 are x = 0 and x = 4.