Question

what are the conditions that must be met before you can use the quadratic formula to find solutions?

Answer 1

x^2 cant be 0 right?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

if it is 0 then it would be a first order equation

Answer 4

and the coefficient of x^2 term has to be positive.

Answer 5

right?

Answer 6

not really

Answer 7

it only has to be real

Answer 8

what has to be positive is b^2 - 4*a*c