Tag: Quadratic Equation

The quadratic formula gives the solution to a quadratic equation and is written as: where specifies that this equation gives two solutions. One solution, , uses the plus sign in the numerator. The other solution, , uses the negative sign. As a quadratic equation, two solutions are required. This can be two real numbers. However,…

Quadratic equations are extremely common in physics as many real-world phenomena follow this form. A quadratic equation is one which follows the form: where , , and are real numbers. Most importantly, cannot equal zero or else the equation would be linear. There is no such restriction on and . The solution can be found…