Roots of a quadratic equation
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Derive the generic formula for the roots of a quadratic equation including conditions for which the there are two distinct real roots, one real and equal root and complex/unreal roots. Examples of each are presented.
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This shows how to derive the formula for roots of a quadratic equation for specific situations. The equal roots and complex/unreal roots are analyzed.
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Roots of a Quadratic Equation (with examples)
1. A quadratic equation can be represented by the following:
where , , and are rational and is not zero
2. The roots of this quadratic equation can be determined as follows:
(0.1)
divide (0.1) by gives:
(0.2)
subtracting from both sides of (0.2) gives:
i.e.:
(0.3)
Now to solve this, we need to complete the square for the expression on the left hand side of (0.3) i.e.
To do this, we apply the rule for completing a square which is to add the square of half the coefficient of ...
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