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  2. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    The solutions of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 correspond to the roots of the function f(x) = ax 2 + bx + c, since they are the values of x for which f(x) = 0. If a , b , and c are real numbers and the domain of f is the set of real numbers, then the roots of f are exactly the x - coordinates of the points where the graph touches the ...

  3. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    The roots of the quadratic function y = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ x 2 − 3x + ⁠ 5 / 2 ⁠ are the places where the graph intersects the x-axis, the values x = 1 and x = 5.They can be found via the quadratic formula.

  4. Quadratic function - Wikipedia

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    A quadratic polynomial with two real roots (crossings of the x axis). The graph of a real single-variable quadratic function is a parabola . If a quadratic function is equated with zero, then the result is a quadratic equation .

  5. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    That is, h is the x-coordinate of the axis of symmetry (i.e. the axis of symmetry has equation x = h), and k is the minimum value (or maximum value, if a < 0) of the quadratic function. One way to see this is to note that the graph of the function f(x) = x 2 is a parabola whose vertex is at the origin

  6. Carlyle circle - Wikipedia

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    Carlyle circle of the quadratic equation x 2 − sx + p = 0. Given the quadratic equation x 2 − sx + p = 0. the circle in the coordinate plane having the line segment joining the points A(0, 1) and B(s, p) as a diameter is called the Carlyle circle of the quadratic equation. [1] [2] [3]

  7. Elementary algebra - Wikipedia

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    In general, a quadratic equation can be expressed in the form + + =, [42] where a is not zero (if it were zero, then the equation would not be quadratic but linear). Because of this a quadratic equation must contain the term a x 2 {\displaystyle ax^{2}} , which is known as the quadratic term.

  8. Principal axis theorem - Wikipedia

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    The principal axis theorem concerns quadratic forms in ⁠, ⁠ which are homogeneous polynomials of degree 2. Any quadratic form may be represented as Q ( x ) = x T A x {\displaystyle Q(\mathbf {x} )=\mathbf {x} ^{\textsf {T}}\mathbf {Ax} } where A is a symmetric matrix.

  9. Matrix representation of conic sections - Wikipedia

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    An alternative approach that uses the matrix form of the quadratic equation is based on the fact that when the center is the origin of the coordinate system, there are no linear terms in the equation. Any translation to a coordinate origin (x 0, y 0), using x* = xx 0, y* = y − y 0 gives rise to