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  2. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    In elementary algebra, completing the square is a technique for converting a quadratic polynomial of the form ⁠ + + ⁠ to the form ⁠ + ⁠ for some values of ⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠. [1] In terms of a new quantity ⁠ x − h {\displaystyle x-h} ⁠ , this expression is a quadratic polynomial with no linear term.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    The numbers a, b, and c are the coefficients of the equation and may be distinguished by respectively calling them, the quadratic coefficient, the linear coefficient and the constant coefficient or free term. [2] The values of x that satisfy the equation are called solutions of the equation, and roots or zeros of the quadratic function on its ...

  5. Quadratic function - Wikipedia

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    The coefficient a is the same value in all three forms. To convert the standard form to factored form, one needs only the quadratic formula to determine the two roots r 1 and r 2. To convert the standard form to vertex form, one needs a process called completing the square. To convert the factored form (or vertex form) to standard form, one ...

  6. Binomial coefficient - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, a binomial coefficient is indexed by a pair of integers n ≥ k ≥ 0 and is written (). It is the coefficient of the x k term in the polynomial expansion of the binomial power (1 + x) n; this coefficient can be computed by the multiplicative formula

  7. Talk:Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    Completing the square works no matter what the coefficients of the polynomial, as long as they don't contain the variable that is being 'completed'. I have modified the article to reflect this. Michaelbusch 04:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC) [ reply ]

  8. Quadratic form - Wikipedia

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    The coefficients usually belong to a fixed field K, such as the real or complex numbers, and one speaks of a quadratic form over K. Over the reals, a quadratic form is said to be definite if it takes the value zero only when all its variables are simultaneously zero; otherwise it is isotropic .

  9. Factorization - Wikipedia

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    This complete factorization is unique up to the order of the factors. If the coefficients of P(x) are real, one generally wants a factorization where factors have real coefficients. In this case, the complete factorization may have some quadratic (degree two) factors. This factorization may easily be deduced from the above complete factorization.