The equation ax²+bx+c=0 is called a quadratic equation. Previously, we solved equations of this type by factoring and using the zero product property. It is not always possible to factor the trinomial...The equation ax²+bx+c=0 is called a quadratic equation. Previously, we solved equations of this type by factoring and using the zero product property. It is not always possible to factor the trinomial on the left-hand side of the quadratic equation as a product of factors with integer coefficients and we’ll need another method to solve the quadratic equation; the purpose of this section is to develop a formula that will consistently provide solutions of the general quadratic equation.
The equation ax²+bx+c=0 is called a quadratic equation. Previously, we solved equations of this type by factoring and using the zero product property. It is not always possible to factor the trinomial...The equation ax²+bx+c=0 is called a quadratic equation. Previously, we solved equations of this type by factoring and using the zero product property. It is not always possible to factor the trinomial on the left-hand side of the quadratic equation as a product of factors with integer coefficients and we’ll need another method to solve the quadratic equation; the purpose of this section is to develop a formula that will consistently provide solutions of the general quadratic equation.
