{"id":102,"date":"2023-06-21T13:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-quadratic-equations\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T18:49:18","slug":"introduction-quadratic-equations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-quadratic-equations\/","title":{"raw":"1.2   Introduction to Quadratic Equations","rendered":"1.2   Introduction to Quadratic Equations"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Factor to solve quadratic equations and use the quadratic formula<\/h2>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/924\/2015\/09\/25200357\/CNX_CAT_Figure_02_05_001.jpg\" alt=\"Two televisions side-by-side. 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