SOLUTION: When you are solving a quadratic equation and you know it has 2 solutions, how do you find those 2 solutions? I know that you use the quadratic formula and get an answer but where

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Question 962177: When you are solving a quadratic equation and you know it has 2 solutions, how do you find those 2 solutions? I know that you use the quadratic formula and get an answer but where does the other answer come from?
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The meaning of Completing the Square (important for solutions to quadratic equations)


Solving a Quadratic Equation Using Completing The Square

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When you are solving a quadratic equation and you know it has 2 solutions, how do you find those 2 solutions? I know that you use the quadratic formula and get an answer but where does the other answer come from?
: "I know that you use the quadratic formula and get an answer"

When you use the quadratic equation formula to solve a quadratic equation, YOU WILL ALWAYS get 2 ANSWERS,
unless the DISCRIMINANT: has a value that's equal to 0 (zero). You should realize that with the "±"
being part of the quadratic equation, you will, MOST TIMES, obtain 2 values for the variable in the equation.
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