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  2. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    Divide each side by a, the coefficient of the squared term. Subtract the constant term c/a from both sides. Add the square of one-half of b/a, the coefficient of x, to both sides. This "completes the square", converting the left side into a perfect square. Write the left side as a square and simplify the right side if necessary.

  3. Square (algebra) - Wikipedia

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    The square of an integer may also be called a square number or a perfect square. In algebra, the operation of squaring is often generalized to polynomials, other expressions, or values in systems of mathematical values other than the numbers. For instance, the square of the linear polynomial x + 1 is the quadratic polynomial (x + 1) 2 = x 2 ...

  4. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    To complete the square, form a squared binomial on the left-hand side of a quadratic equation, from which the solution can be found by taking the square root of both sides. The standard way to derive the quadratic formula is to apply the method of completing the square to the generic quadratic equation ⁠ a x 2 + b x + c = 0 {\displaystyle ...

  5. Elementary algebra - Wikipedia

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    This equation states that , representing the square of the length of the side that is the hypotenuse, the side opposite the right angle, is equal to the sum (addition) of the squares of the other two sides whose lengths are represented by a and b. An equation is the claim that two expressions have the same value and are equal.

  6. Square root of 2 - Wikipedia

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    The square root of 2 (approximately 1.4142) is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself or squared, equals the number 2. It may be written in mathematics as 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}} or 2 1 / 2 {\displaystyle 2^{1/2}} .

  7. Difference of two squares - Wikipedia

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    Another geometric proof proceeds as follows: We start with the figure shown in the first diagram below, a large square with a smaller square removed from it. The side of the entire square is a, and the side of the small removed square is b. The area of the shaded region is . A cut is made, splitting the region into two rectangular pieces, as ...

  8. Square root - Wikipedia

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    The square root of a positive integer is the product of the roots of its prime factors, because the square root of a product is the product of the square roots of the factors. Since p 2 k = p k , {\textstyle {\sqrt {p^{2k}}}=p^{k},} only roots of those primes having an odd power in the factorization are necessary.

  9. Root mean square deviation - Wikipedia

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    The RMSD of predicted values ^ for times t of a regression's dependent variable, with variables observed over T times, is computed for T different predictions as the square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations: