How do you solve quadratic equations algebraically?

1 Answer
Mar 4, 2018

If you are unable to factor the quadratic you can always use the quadratic formula to solve the quadratic.

Explanation:

The quadratic formula states:

For #color(red)(a)x^2 + color(blue)(b)x + color(green)(c) = 0#, the values of #x# which are the solutions to the equation are given by:

#x = (-color(blue)(b) +- sqrt(color(blue)(b)^2 - (4color(red)(a)color(green)(c))))/(2 * color(red)(a))#