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What is a quadratic eqation?

Updated: 11/3/2022
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A quadratic equation is an equation where the highest exponent on the variable is 2. For example, the equation, y=2x2+3x-2 is a quadratic equation. The equation y=2x is not quadratic because the highest exponent on x is 1. (If there is no exponent on an x, then the exponent is 1.) The equation, y=x3+3x2-2 is not quadratic because the highest exponent is three. On a graph, a quadratic equation looks like a U or and upside down U.

Here are some more example of quadratic equations:

y=x2

y=3x2+2x-3

y=x2+5

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