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    algebra, the quadratic formula is a closed-form expression describing the solutions of a quadratic equation. Other ways of solving quadratic equations,...
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  • deriving the formula. Solutions to problems that can be expressed in terms of quadratic equations were known as early as 2000 BC. Because the quadratic equation...
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    corresponding quadratic function, of which there can be two, one, or zero. The solutions are described by the quadratic formula. A quadratic polynomial or...
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    9938^{\text{Age}}\ } Another estimation tool to calculate GFR is the Mayo Quadratic formula. This formula was developed by Rule et al., in an attempt to better estimate...
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  • second degree, or equations or formulas that involve such terms. Quadratus is Latin for square. Quadratic function (or quadratic polynomial), a polynomial...
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  • ax^{2}+bx+c=0,} where a ≠ 0. The quadratic equation on a number x {\displaystyle x} can be solved using the well-known quadratic formula, which can be derived by...
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  • also used for graphing quadratic functions, deriving the quadratic formula, and more generally in computations involving quadratic polynomials, for example...
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  • b^{2}-4ac,} the quantity which appears under the square root in the quadratic formula. If a ≠ 0 , {\displaystyle a\neq 0,} this discriminant is zero if...
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  • In mathematics, a quadratic form is a polynomial with terms all of degree two ("form" is another name for a homogeneous polynomial). For example, 4 x...
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  • for mathematical formulas. For example, the quadratic formula (which is the solution of the quadratic equation) appears as: The formula is printed in a...
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    {5}}\varphi ^{n}} and solved as a quadratic equation in φ n {\displaystyle \varphi ^{n}} via the quadratic formula: φ n = F n 5 ± 5 F n 2 + 4 ( − 1 )...
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  • In number theory, an integer q is called a quadratic residue modulo n if it is congruent to a perfect square modulo n; i.e., if there exists an integer...
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    Cubic equation (redirect from Cubic formula)
    cubic formula involving the four coefficients, the four basic arithmetic operations, square roots, and cube roots. (This is also true of quadratic (second-degree)...
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  • also credited with the first clear description of the quadratic formula (the solution of the quadratic equation) in his main work, the Brāhma-sphuṭa-siddhānta...
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  • root of the quadratic equation x2 + bx + c = 0 for c = 4 and c = 4 × 105. The difference between direct evaluation using the quadratic formula and the approximation...
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    This formula only works if it is known in advance that a {\displaystyle a} is a quadratic residue, which can be checked using the law of quadratic reciprocity...
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    {3}{2}})=(3x+2)(2x+3).} Any univariate quadratic polynomial a x 2 + b x + c {\displaystyle ax^{2}+bx+c} can be factored using the quadratic formula: a x 2 + b x + c = a...
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  • Indian mathematician Brahmagupta (597–668 AD) explicitly described the quadratic formula in his treatise Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta published in 628 AD, but written...
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    following examples. Consider the quadratic equation x 2 − 4 x + 1 = 0. {\displaystyle x^{2}-4x+1=0.} By using the quadratic formula, we find that the two roots...
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  • with the case of lower degree: one has the quadratic formula, the cubic formula, and the quartic formula for degrees two, three, and four, respectively...
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  • roots (square roots, cube roots, etc.). A well-known example is the quadratic formula x = − b ± b 2 − 4 a c   2 a , {\displaystyle x={\frac {-b\pm {\sqrt...
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    quadratic equation a0z2 + a1z + a2 − 2ma0 = 0. Since x2 − xz + m = 0, the quartic equation P(x) = 0 may be solved by applying the quadratic formula twice...
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  • expression of this object in terms of previous ways of specifying it. The quadratic formula x = − b ± b 2 − 4 a c 2 a . {\displaystyle x={\frac {-b\pm {\sqrt...
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    discussed the use of negative numbers to produce a general form quadratic formula similar to the one in use today. In the 9th century, Islamic mathematicians...
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  • Nevertheless, it contained the first clear description of the quadratic formula (the solution of the quadratic equation). Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta is one of the first...
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  • _{i}^{2}+\left(r-q-{1 \over {2}}\sigma ^{2}\right)\lambda _{i}-r=0} Using the quadratic formula, the solutions for λ i {\displaystyle \lambda _{i}} are: λ 1 = − (...
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    numbers first arise in the teaching of quadratic equations and the quadratic formula. For example, the quadratic equation x 2 + x + 1 = 0 {\displaystyle...
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  • that is a quadratic character modulo of an odd prime number p: its value at a (nonzero) quadratic residue mod p is 1 and at a non-quadratic residue (non-residue)...
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  • which include number theory (the study of numbers), algebra (the study of formulas and related structures), geometry (the study of shapes and spaces that...
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    \end{aligned}}} To solve a parallel quadratic equation, complete the square to obtain an analog of the quadratic formula a x 2 ∥ b x ∥ c = ∞ x 2 ∥ b a x =...
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