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It made 3 million in the first quarter
x= | 1 < x < 3
x + 2 < 5 and x - 7 > -6
x < 5 - 2 and x > -6 + 7
I don't know if I am 100% right.
It has become somewhat fashionable to have students derive the Quadratic Formula themselves; this is done by completing the square for the generic quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0. While I can understand the impulse (showing students how the Formula was invented, and thereby providing a concrete example of the usefulness of abstract symbolic manipulation), the computations involved are often a bit beyond the average student at this point.
