Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Chapter 1: Equations - Completing the Square

You may read more about how "Completing the Square" came about, and why "Quadratic" which means "Square" is used. The URL explains the geometric basis of "Completing the Square" from the original method of solving quadratic equations.

http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=600

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