document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=52274>Question 52274</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Why is a quadratic equation called a quadratic? Quad means 4 and nothing in the equation has it.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #34826 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rchill><B>rchill(405)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rchill><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=34826\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can't look at quad here to mean 4.  You have to look at the entire word, which has origins from the 17th century, meaning square.  So, no quadratic equation can have an exponent greater than 2. </SPAN>\n" );
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