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mina [271]
3 years ago
10

How to solve quadratic equations with the coefficient not equal to 1?

Mathematics
1 answer:
frozen [14]3 years ago
5 0
Which coefficient? There are multiple, as the general formula of a quadratic equation is ax^2+bx+c.
There are a few ways, and if you can factorise by inspection that works, however the most effective way of solving equations that aren't obvious is to plug it into the quadratic formula:

\boxed{x=-b +- \frac{ \sqrt{b^2-4ac} }{2a} }


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