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Title: Which part of the quadratic formula tells you whether the quadratic equation can be solved by factoring and wh? Post by: finksta on Feb 6, 2013 part 1:
Which part of the quadratic formula tells you whether the quadratic equation can be solved by factoring and why? a. ?b b. b2 ? 4ac c. 2a part 2: Create your own quadratic equation. Using complete sentences, and your answer from part 1, determine whether your equation can be solved by factoring. Title: Which part of the quadratic formula tells you whether the quadratic equation can be solved by factoring and wh? Post by: finkle on Feb 6, 2013 Content hidden
Title: Which part of the quadratic formula tells you whether the quadratic equation can be solved by factoring and wh? Post by: NurseTwin on Feb 6, 2013 Part 1.
The formula has a sqrt(b^2 - 4ac) in it. If b^2 - 4ac isn't a perfect square, then that square root is going to be an irrational number and you can't solve the problem by factoring. Part 2. Write it down and calculate b^2 - 4ac. |