WHAT IS A QUADRATIC?

A quadratic is a type of algebra problem that looks like this:

ax² + bx + c

The two main things you do with quadratics:

FACTOR THEM

"...rewrite as something like (x + 2)(x + 3) (like undoing multiplication)."

SOLVE THEM

"..find what x equals (usually when the whole thing = 0)."

SOLVING QUADRATICS BY FORMULA