Sunday, March 25, 2012

How do we slove quadratic equations using the qudratic formula

the formula for a quadratic equation  is ax^2 +bx +. we need to know this before we can  solve it with quadratic formula. so lets get started
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  1.  x^2-6x+5=0
    the first step is find out what are the a,b,and c
    A=1,B=-6,C=5
    now we place them in the quadratic formula x = -(-6)+/-√((-6)^2-4(1)(5))/2(1)
    we will do solve (-6)^2-4(1)(5) 
    (-6)(-6)=36
    -4*5=-20
    36-20=16 we get √16 = 4(perfect square)
    -(-6)=6
    6+/-4/2(1)
    6+4/2=5
    6-4/2=1
    x=5,1
  2.  3x^2-6x+4=0
    -(-6)+/-√((-6)^2-4(3)(4))/2(3)
    6+/-√(36-12(4))/6
    6+/-√(-12)/6
    we finished (check out the http://jesuslikesmath.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-do-we-use-quadratic-formula.html)
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