![]() ![]() The fact that we have some nonreal coefficients, the discriminant is still a real number.Įxample 3: Nonreal Quadratic Equations with Real Discriminants In the first couple of examples, we will consider the special case where, in spite of The square root of the discriminant for nonreal numbers. Hence, even for quadratics with complex coefficients, we can use the quadratic formula,Īlthough we might need to appeal to de Moirve’s theorem to calculate the value of Roots and consider both the positive and negative values, which gives Hence, returning to equation (1), we can take square We can find a root of a complex number using de Moirve’s theorem, and then the second root Therefore, in the same way that we take both the positive and negative roots for real numbers, However, courtesy of the Euler’s identity, we know □ = − 1 therefore, Using the properties of exponential functions, we can express this as Using de Moivre’s theorem, the two possible square roots of this number are However, let us consider the case of a general complex number □ = □ □ . Root, is something we might need to be careful with, since taking roots of a complex number returns multiple Īll of the steps we have taken up to this point are equally valid whether □, Let us consider how to solve a general quadratic equation So this checks out.In this explainer, we will relax the condition that the quadratic equation has real coefficientsĪnd explore what we can conclude about the roots of quadratic equations with complex coefficients. Which is negative 9, plus 9, does indeed equal 0. Negative 7 times 1, right? That's negative 1 squared. Squared- negative 1 squared is just 1- so this would be Verify for yourself that they satisfy it. Substitute these q's back into this original equation, and So q could be equal to negativeġ, or it could be equal to 9 over 7. Negative 18 divided by negative 14 is equal Negative 2 plus 16 is 14 dividedīy negative 14 is negative 1. Minus, that plus is that plus right there. Or negative 2 minus- right? This is plus 16 over Thing as being equal to negative 2 plus 16 And what's 256? What's the square root of 256? It's 16. Negative 2 plus or minus the square root of- what'sĤ plus 252? It's just 256. Now what does this equal? Well, we have this is equal to And then our denominator,Ģ times negative 7 is negative 14. We have a positive 252 for that part right there. Negative 7 and you have a minus out front. So it's just going to becomeĪ positive number. Here, if we just take the negative 4 times negativeħ times 9, this negative and that negative is going To negative 2 plus or minus the square root of- let's see,Ģ squared is 4- and then if we just take this part right All of that over 2 timesĪ, which is once again negative 7. Of b squared, of 2 squared, minus 4 times a times negativeħ times c, which is 9. Us that the solutions- the q's that satisfy thisĮquation- q will be equal to negative b. And if we look at it, negativeħ corresponds to a. So if we look at the quadraticĮquation that we need to solve here, we can just Take the positive square root and there's another solution Solutions here, because there's one solution where you Square root of b squared minus 4ac- all of that over 2a. X is going to be equal to negative b plus or minus the ![]() That the solutions of this equation are going to be Look, if you have a quadratic equation of this form, We could put the 0 on the left hand side. Now, the quadratic formula, itĪpplies to any quadratic equation of the form. Solve the equation, 0 is equal to negative 7q squared ![]() So you can see we have to use plus or minus, because when you solve a quadratic equation, very often there are two solutions, those being some value, lets call it 'a', and its negative, that is '-a'. We can write these two solutions as x=☒, which means x=2 and x=-2. So this quadratic equation has TWO solutions. I am sure you know that 3x3=9, so x=3 is a solution, right?īut what about -3? (-3)(-3) also equals 9, (-3)(-3)=9, so x=-3 as well. Y=x² is a quadratic expression since it has a x² term and there is no other term with a greater exponent. What is that? It is an expression that has a variable raised to the power 2 AND that the power 2 is the largest power in the expression: eg x²+2x+1 is a quadratic expression, but 2x+1 is not (no x²), nor is x³+x²+2x+1 (the power 3 in x³ is too big.) We used the quadratic equation because we are solving a quadratic expression. ![]()
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