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In mathematics, a quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree. The general form is : where a≠ 0. (For if a = 0, the equation becomes a linear equation.) The letters a, b, and c are called coefficients: the quadratic coefficient a is the coefficient of x2, the linear coefficient b is the coefficient of x, and c is the constant coefficient, also called the free term or constant term. Quadratic equations are called quadratic because quadratus is Latin for "square"; in the leading term the variable is squared. A quadratic equation with real or complex coefficients has two (not necessarily distinct) solutions, called roots, which may or may not be real, given by the quadratic formula: : where the symbol "±" indicates that both : and are solutions.
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What is the graph of a quadratic formula?
In general, quadratic equations have graphs that are parabolas. The quadratic formula tells us how to find the roots of a quadratic equations. If those roots are real, they are the x intercepts of the parabola.
Most quadratic equations have how many solutions?
2
Which of the following systems of equations has no solution?
If they are quadratic equations then if their discriminant is less than zero then they have no solutions
When will you apply surds in real life?
You will apply them when solving quadratic equations in which the quadratic expression cannot be factorised.
How do you solve simultaneous quadratic equations?
Graphically might be the simplest answer.
