Graphical Solution of a Quadratic Equation Using the Arithmetic and Geometric Mean
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This Demonstration shows a graphical solution of the quadratic equation . If
and
are the solutions of the equation, then
and
. So
is the arithmetic mean of
and
, and
is the geometric mean.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner and Marko Razpet (October 2018)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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