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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 needs to multiply, expand and/or distribute the factors.
The associated bilinear form of a quadratic form q is defined by (,) = ((+) ()) = =. Thus, b q is a symmetric bilinear form over K with matrix A . Conversely, any symmetric bilinear form b defines a quadratic form q ( x ) = b ( x , x ) , {\displaystyle q(x)=b(x,x),} and these two processes are the inverses of each other.
The left-hand side is now of the form + , and we can "complete the square" by adding a constant to obtain a squared binomial + + = (+) . In this example we add ( b / 2 a ) 2 {\displaystyle \textstyle (b/2a)^{2}} to both sides so that the left-hand side can be factored (see the figure):
Given a quadratic polynomial of the form + the numbers h and k may be interpreted as the Cartesian coordinates of the vertex (or stationary point) of the parabola. 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 ...
In mathematics, a quadratic equation (from Latin quadratus 'square') is an equation that can be rearranged in standard form as [1] + + =, where the variable x represents an unknown number, and a, b, and c represent known numbers, where a ≠ 0. (If a = 0 and b ≠ 0 then the equation is linear, not quadratic.)
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The polynomial x 2 + cx + d, where a + b = c and ab = d, can be factorized into (x + a)(x + b).. In mathematics, factorization (or factorisation, see English spelling differences) or factoring consists of writing a number or another mathematical object as a product of several factors, usually smaller or simpler objects of the same kind.