Many former algebra students have painful memories of struggling to memorize the quadratic formula. A new way to derive it, overlooked for 4,000 years, is so simple it eliminates the need.

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Show answer Solving equations with quadratic graphs Graphs of quadratic functions can be used to solve equations. Example Draw the graph of \ (y = 2x^ {2} + 2x – 4\) for values of –3 to 2.

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The only real problem is not many quadratic equations have A=1. For example, suppose you throw a ball straight up from 5 meters above the ground with a velocity of 15 m/s.

In a boon to algebra students everywhere, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University has devised a simpler and more efficient way to solve problems involving the quadratic equation.