document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275553>Question 275553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Why can't you have an exponent greater than 6 in a quadratic equation? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #200972 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=200972\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It's a matter of semantics.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "quadratic is 2nd order, or exponent 2.  It comes from quadrangle, which is rectangular.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But, as the other tutor pointed out, it can be a quadratic in x^4, which gives and exponent of 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the exponents are in order as in his example, 8, 4, 0, then it's a quadratic in x^4.  It's <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%28x%5E4%29%5E2+%2B+b%28x%5E4%29%5E1+%2B+c%28x%5E4%29%5E0+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%28x%5E4%29%5E2+%2B+b%28x%5E4%29%5E1+%2B+c%28x%5E4%29%5E0+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know where you might have gotten the info about exponent 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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