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Difference Between x^2 + ax + b and ax^2 + bx + c?

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Start date Apr 27, 2011
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Amaz1ng

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Apr 27, 2011

#1

Is there a difference between the form x^2 + ax + b and ax^2 + bx + c? I ask because I can use the AC factoring method for them both.

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chaoseverlasting

Apr 27, 2011

#2

The AC factoring method? I don't know of that one. The first form is the same as the second form where a=1.

eczeno

Apr 27, 2011

#3

they are the same. any quadratic expression in x can be expressed both ways.

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