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Mathematician Finds Easier Way to Solve Quadratic Equations (getpocket.com)
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[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With the thumbnail I expected a simpler expression of the quadratic formula, which is already very easy to use. His method also doesn't work for equations where the aX² term doesn't have a=1.

[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

if a!=1, then just multiply the equation with 1/a.