Quadratics do have some applications, but I think the main thing that's useful is the process and ideas of root finding. Solving equations for their zeros is an important part of engineering math, and has literally hundreds of applications. read more
Quadratics do have some applications, but I think the main thing that's useful is the process and ideas of root finding. Solving equations for their zeros is an important part of engineering math, and has literally hundreds of applications. read more
(The formula usually has"-4ac" because the quadratic equation is more usually written in the form"".) The fact that taking a square root can give a positive or a negative answer leads to the remarkable result that a quadratic equation has two solutions. read more