How to solve a quadratic equation.

Group the like terms together to make the equation less messy leaving the equation equal to 0.Simplify the long quadratic equation into brackets.Each bracket must be equal to 0 to fulfil the equation.When a bracket is equal to 0 the sum of the terms in the bracket must be 0 which will help us find the unknown.

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