SOLUTION: I am not in school just looking for the name of a theorem that goes something like
-b +- the square root of b squared -4ac divided by 2a. You can reach me at
Name_is_jennifer@yah
Algebra.Com
Question 697812: I am not in school just looking for the name of a theorem that goes something like
-b +- the square root of b squared -4ac divided by 2a. You can reach me at
Name_is_jennifer@yahoo.com
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is known as the quadratic formula and it is used to solve equations in the form for x.
You can read more about it at the following links
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/quadform.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation
http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/quadraticeq/quadraformula/quadraformula.html
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