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Solving Quadratic Equations Lesson 1 - A Brief Introduction (page 1 of 2)
---- This algebra lesson gives an introduction to solving quadratic equations.

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Actually, we've already been working with quadratics. They are the trinomial guys we've been factoring:

What makes them quadratics is that they are 2nd degree polynomials.

(They have a squared guy like

Now, we're going to be solving equations with them like

Here's the big official form of a quadratic equation:

ax^2 + bx + c = 0 where a, b and c are just regular numbers like 2, 3, 1/5, 2.7, etc.

Examples:

3x^2 - 4x + 2 = 0 ... a = 3, b = -4, c = 2

x^2 + 7x - 3 = 0 ... a = 1, b = 7, c = -3

5x^2 - x - 6 = 0 ... a = 5, b= -1, c = -6

3x^2 - 2 = 0 ... a = 3, b = 0, c = -2

-7x^2 + 5x = 0 ... a = -7, b = 5, c = 0

It would be silly to ever have a = 0 in a quadratic -- Then we wouldn't have a squared guy!

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