{"id":15378,"date":"2021-10-11T23:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T23:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ccbcmd-math-1\/chapter\/introduction-quadratic-equations-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T23:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T23:38:31","slug":"introduction-quadratic-equations-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ccbcmd-math-1\/chapter\/introduction-quadratic-equations-2\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Quadratic Equations","rendered":"Introduction to Quadratic Equations"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: find the solutions to quadratic equations.<\/h2>\r\nAn equation containing a second-degree polynomial is called a <strong>quadratic equation<\/strong>. For example, equations such as [latex]2{x}^{2}+3x - 1=0[\/latex] and [latex]{x}^{2}-4=0[\/latex] are quadratic equations. 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