What does it mean to solve a quadratic

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Adalynn Berg

26 March, 02:10

What does it mean to solve a quadratic

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Nancy Solomon · Answer 1

It means that you are trying to find where the parabola defined by the quadratic equation intersects the x-axis. The line y = 0 is the x-axis and a quadratic equation is of the form y = a x 2 + b x + c. You set y = 0 and then you solve for x either by factoring or using the quadratic formula.