A quadratic function can be drawn as a parabola on a graph. Find out how to plot the graph in this Bitesize KS3 maths video.

Plot of a quadratic equation showing the classic parabola, made with NumPy and Matplotlib. Linear equation 3x + 5 plotted with SymPy. Plot of a Quadratic Equation created in SymPy.

The quadratic equation has frustrated math students for millenniums. But a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh may have come up with a better way of solving it.

A mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University has developed an easier way to solve quadratic equations. Here's the secret.