• BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    … The worst part is I’m decent with math by US standards in school and couldn’t even solve the middle school one with a quick glance.

    Multiply the top by the bottom to erase it. Reverse the square root of something. + Or - threw me right off…

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      5 months ago

      It is the quadratic formula. It already is the solution. The problem is any quadratic of the form ax²+bx+c=0