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A quadratic equation is an equation of the form y = a x 2 + b x + c where a, b and c are constants (for example 5, -2 or 0). To "solve" a quadratic equation we are finding the values of x that sati...

(√12 + √3) squared is just (√12 + √3) mulitipled by itself, so we can rewrite this as (√12 + √3)*(√12 + √3) Now we expandthe brackets. We can mulitply out the brackets using the FOIL method. (First Outside I...

So we can always substitute the right terms into the quadratic formula. However, there might be a quicker way. Lets try and see if the quicker ways work.Firstly, we need to spot weather the difference of two...

The general approach to solving simultaneous equations is to replace the ‘y’s in one equation with ‘x’s, or the ‘x’s with ‘y’s. In this case, we can first take the equation 5x + y = 4 and rearrange it to get...

Firstly, we can take a look at the degree x's in each term. It seems like they share a common degree of 0. In other words, we will not be able to factor out the x's in the expression.Secondly, we need to fin...