Difference between revisions of "Talk:Quadratic"

 
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I would make the article if I knew if xy+x+y+1=0 was a quadratic, or just an equation of order two... --[[User:1=2|1=2]] 12:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 
I would make the article if I knew if xy+x+y+1=0 was a quadratic, or just an equation of order two... --[[User:1=2|1=2]] 12:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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: "Quadratic" means "degree two."  So the expression <math>xy + x + y</math> is linear in <math>x</math>, linear in <math>y</math> and quadratic in <math>x</math> and <math>y</math>.  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 16:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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I don't think this page should be linked straight to quadratic equation because quadratic has its own definition that is worthy of explanation.--MCrawford 02:04, 18 June 2006 (EDT)

I would make the article if I knew if xy+x+y+1=0 was a quadratic, or just an equation of order two... --1=2 12:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

"Quadratic" means "degree two." So the expression $xy + x + y$ is linear in $x$, linear in $y$ and quadratic in $x$ and $y$. --JBL 16:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)