Thursday, May 18, 2006

Quadratic Formula

ax^2 + bx + c = 0
Solve for x.

Obviously, x is equal to the quadratic formula. Can you derive it? Hint: the most important technique is completing the square.

The quadratic formula is fundamental for even the most basic algebra, and it only takes five or ten steps to derive. I think it should be on any high school algebra final exam.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ax^2 + bx + c = 0

(x,f(x))


f(x)=y=0

x=0