Simplify (x^2-2x)/x

$\frac{x^{2} - 2 x}{x}$

Step 1

Factor $x$ out of $x^{2} - 2 x$ .

Factor $x$ out of $x^{2}$ .

$\frac{x \cdot x - 2 x}{x}$

Factor $x$ out of $- 2 x$ .

$\frac{x \cdot x + x \cdot - 2}{x}$

Factor $x$ out of $x \cdot x + x \cdot - 2$ .

$\frac{x (x - 2)}{x}$

$\frac{x (x - 2)}{x}$

Step 2

Cancel the common factor of $x$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{x (x - 2)}{x}$

Divide $x - 2$ by $1$ .

$x - 2$

$x - 2$

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