Post by kraj8995 on Sept 7, 2012 1:12:46 GMT -5
The Indian Method of solving a quadratic equation is as follows:
step 1:
Move the constant term to the right side of the equation
step 2:
Multiply each term in the equation by four times the coefficient of the x^2 term
step 3:
Square the coefficient of the original x term and add it to both sides of the equation
step 4:
Take the square root of both sides
step 5:
Set the left side of the equation to the positive square root of the number on the right side and solve for x
step 6:
Set the left side of the equation to the negative square root of the number on the right side of the equation and solve for x
the method appears to be an offshoot of the completing the squares method for solving a quadratic equation.
it has an advantage over that method because it doesn't require you to make the coefficient of the x^2 term equal to 1.
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step 1:
Move the constant term to the right side of the equation
step 2:
Multiply each term in the equation by four times the coefficient of the x^2 term
step 3:
Square the coefficient of the original x term and add it to both sides of the equation
step 4:
Take the square root of both sides
step 5:
Set the left side of the equation to the positive square root of the number on the right side and solve for x
step 6:
Set the left side of the equation to the negative square root of the number on the right side of the equation and solve for x
the method appears to be an offshoot of the completing the squares method for solving a quadratic equation.
it has an advantage over that method because it doesn't require you to make the coefficient of the x^2 term equal to 1.
algebra word problems