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What is the general form for a quadratic equation? What does the equation have to be equal to, so that it can be referred to as a Quadratic equation ?

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A quadratic equation can be used to express a parabola using a mathematical function.

Quadratic equations are polynomials where the degree is 2, that is the power of the leading coefficient is 2.

The general form of a quadratic equation is given to be:


ax^2+bx+c=0

where a, b, and c are real numbers and


a\\eq0

Note that the equation is only a quadratic equation if the function equals 0. Otherwise, what we have is termed a quadratic expression.

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