This week in math 11 I learned about the quadratic formula.

the quadratic formula looks like this :

in order to fill in the variables you need to know what is what.

so when you’re looking at an equation it will look like

a + bx + c = 0.

your a variable is obviously the number in front of the but if there is no number in front of it, a = 1. b is the second variable and it is the one in the middle of the equation and c is separate on its own.

It takes more time then completing the square and factoring but it is a good way to get the correct answer since you fill in all the variables and get a more direct answer.