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A quadratic equation is any equation that can be expressed as ax2 + bx + c = 0.

Note that the a, b and c are specified, x is the only unknown.

Example:

x2 - 10x - 24 = 0

a, b, c are the coefficients of each term.

Now x2 appears not to have a coefficient, but remember x2 is the same thing as 1x2 so the coefficient is 1. So a = 1.

The second term has a coefficient of -10 because it has a minus, not plus sign in front of it so b = -10.

Likewise for c, the third term. C = -24.

So you have your terms.

There are two popular ways of solving this.

You can factorise the equation, or use the Quadratic Formula.

I prefer to use the Quadratic Formula, as it is very straightforward, you just need to practise it.

The quadratic formula is x = (-b±√(b2-4ac))/2a

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