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Lesson 14: Quadratic Formula   COURSE_COMMUNITIES_PDF_ID


Course Topic(s): Developmental Math | Quadratics

Completing the square is applied to the general quadratic to derive the quadratic formula. Before an area application example is given, there is a quick review of the four methods that have been presented for solving quadratic equations. Complex numbers are introduced before the discriminant is presented.

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Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Algebra | Algebraic Manipulation

Creator(s): Bruce Yoshiwara (Pierce College)

This resource was cataloged by Bohdan Rhodehamel

Publisher:
Developmental Mathematics Collection

Resource copyright: CC BY-NC-SA

This review was published on December 12, 2011

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