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ERIC Number: EJ770349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Jan
Pages: 7
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 1
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
Geometrical Solutions of Some Quadratic Equations with Non-Real Roots
Pathak, H. K.; Grewal, A. S.
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v33 n1 p150-156 Jan 2002
This note gives geometrical/graphical methods of finding solutions of the quadratic equation ax[squared] + bx + c = 0, a [not equal to] 0, with non-real roots. Three different cases which give rise to non-real roots of the quadratic equation have been discussed. In case I a geometrical construction and its proof for finding the solutions of the quadratic equation ax[squared] + bx + c = 0, a [not equal to] 0, when a, b, c [is a member of] R, the set of real numbers, are presented. Case II deals with the geometrical solutions of the quadratic equation ax[squared] + bx + c = 0, a [not equal to] 0, when b [is a member of] R, the set of real numbers; and a, c [is a member of] C, the set of complex numbers. Finally, the solutions of the quadratic equation ax[squared] + bx + c = 0, a [not equal to] 0, when a, c [is a member of] R, the set of real numbers, and b [is a member of] C, the set of complex numbers, are presented in case III. (Contains 3 figures.)
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Language: English
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