This week we learned a universal and fail-safe method of solving a quadratic equation, that is the quadratic formula: 
You might be wondering what do all the letters represent, well in any quadratic equations you will be able to rearrange it into the form of ax2+bx+c then you will be able to solve this equation with the quadratic formula. This is the easiest and the safest method of solving a quadratic equation in my personal opinion.