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

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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) About Me  (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 ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 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