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Question 560249: How do you create a quadratic equation with only one solution? What does it mean to only have one solution for a quadratic equation?
The solution for my quadratic equation is -2. Please determine the quadratic equation and show all of your steps
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If a quadratic equation has solutions, the quadratic expression part of the equation can be written as a product of two binomial factors and a number
ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=a%28x-m%29%28x-n%29 and a%28x-m%29%28x-n%29=0 ,
where m and n are the solutions.
When those solutions are integers, you may be able to solve the equation by factoring.
If the two solutions are the same, you have
a%28x-m%29%5E2=0
That formula represents all the quadratic equations that have only m as a solution. There are infinitely many of them, because there are infitely many values that you can choose for a.
With m=-2 , you can write %28x-m%29%5E2=0 as
%28x-%28-2%29%29%5E2=0 simplifies to %28x%2B2%29%5E2=0 and is equivalent to
x%5E2%2B2x%2B1=0 which is probably the expected answer.