Question

How do you write a quadratic equation in standard form?

Answer 1

Answer:

• Powers of the variable descending left to right
• right side of the equal sign is 0

Step-by-step explanation:

For some constants a, b, and c, the standard form* is ...

  ax^2 + bx + c = 0

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It is nice if the leading coefficient (a) is positive, but that is not required.

The main ideas are that ...

• Powers of the variable are descending
• All of the non-zero terms are on the left side of the equal sign
• Like terms are combined

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* This is the standard form for a quadratic. For other kinds of equations, when the expression is equal to zero, this would be called "general form."