The word "quadratic" comes from quadratum, the Latin word for square. Quadratic equations characterize a great number of phenomena in the real world, such as where a rocket ship will land ...

For a quadratic equation of the form \(y = k{(x - a)^2} + b\), the following diagram shows the main properties: If k > 0, the vertex is a minimum turning point If k < 0, the vertex is a maximum ...

You love challenging math problems. So do we. Let's solve them together. Quadratic equations are polynomials that include an x², and teachers use them to teach students to find two solutions at once.

If, while watching the Super Bowl, you had wanted to estimate how far a pass thrown by Patrick Mahomes traveled through the air, you would have been solving a quadratic equation. The equations ...

CCM politician Shamsi Nahodha recently questioned why we teach quadratic equations in primary or secondary school as part of a larger statement on how he thinks we should fix our education system.

So why now? Loh thinks it is related to the way the conventional approach proves that quadratic equations have two roots. “Perhaps the reason is because it is actually mathematically nontrivial ...