A shopkeeper in Lucknow buys x kg of rice. He notices that x^2 equals 9 times x. Which quadratic equation in standard form is this, and what non-zero value of x satisfies it?

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9. x^2 = 9x gives x^2 - 9x = 0, so x(x - 9) = 0. The non-zero solution is x = 9 kg.

A shopkeeper in Lucknow buys $x$ kg of rice. He notices that $x^{2}$ equals 9 times $x$ .
Which quadratic equation in standard form is this, and what non-zero value of $x$ satisfies it?

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A shopkeeper in Lucknow buys x kg of rice. He notices that x2 equals 9 times x.Which quadratic equation in standard form is this, and what non-zero value of x satisfies it?

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A shopkeeper in Lucknow buys $x$ kg of rice. He notices that $x^{2}$ equals 9 times $x$ .
Which quadratic equation in standard form is this, and what non-zero value of $x$ satisfies it?