What do the variables in the quadratic formula mean?
1 Answer
Nov 3, 2014
The quadratic formula uses the coefficients of the quadratic equation in standard form when it is equal to zero (y = 0). A quadratic equation in standard form looks like
Here is an example of how the coefficients of the quadratic equation are used as variables in the quadratic formula:
This means a = 2, b = 5, and c = 3.
So the quadratic formula becomes: