SOLUTION: In america, the term quadratic is generally used in situations with four (4) terms or subjects. Why in quadratic equations is there only and x^2 (a) when it would seem logical to

SOLUTION: In america, the term quadratic is generally used in situations with four (4) terms or subjects. Why in quadratic equations is there only and x^2 (a) when it would seem logical to

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Question 136: In america, the term quadratic is generally used in situations with four (4) terms or subjects. Why in quadratic equations is there only and x^2 (a) when it would seem logical to have it to the fourth power (x^4)?
Answer by ichudov(507) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Latin word "quadratus" means square. Hence the name for quadratic equations -- they involve a square (of a number).
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