Several times in recent weeks I've heard people on the television or wireless cite quadratic equations as examples of recondite Mathematics.
I can still remember being taught to solve quadratic equations by completing the square. I was 12 at the time, and remember being most impressed by the ingenuity of the method. Ever since I've considered quadratic equations perfectly straightforward.
There are many intriguing mysteries in Mathematics, but quadratics are not among them.
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