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# Polynomials
-## Factorising
+## Quadratics
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+ Quadratics & $x^2 + bx + c = (x+m)(x+n)$ \\
+ & where $mn=c, \> m+n=b$ \\
+ Difference of squares & $a^2 - b^2 = (a - b)(a + b)$ \\
+ Perfect squares & $a^2 \pm 2ab + b^2 = (a \pm b^2)$ \\
+ Completing the square & \parbox[t]{5cm}{$x^2+bx+c=(x+{b\over2})^2+c-{b^2\over4}$ \\ $ax^2+bx+c=a(x-{b\over2a})^2+c-{b^2\over4a}$} \\
+ Quadratic formula & $x={{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}\over2a}$ where $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ \\
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-#### Quadratics
-**Quadratics:** $x^2 + bx + c = (x+m)(x+n)$ where $mn=c$, $m+n=b$
-**Difference of squares:** $a^2 - b^2 = (a - b)(a + b)$
-**Perfect squares:** $a^2 \pm 2ab + b^2 = (a \pm b^2)$
-**Completing the square (monic):** $x^2+bx+c=(x+{b\over2})^2+c-{b^2\over4}$
-**Completing the square (non-monic):** $ax^2+bx+c=a(x-{b\over2a})^2+c-{b^2\over4a}$
-**Quadratic formula:** $x={{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}\over2a}$ where $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ (if $\Delta$ is a perfect square, rational roots)
+## Cubics
-#### Cubics
**Difference of cubes:** $a^3 - b^3 = (a-b)(a^2 + ab + b^2)$
**Sum of cubes:** $a^3 + b^3 = (a+b)(a^2 - ab + b^2)$
**Perfect cubes:** $a^3 \pm 3a^2b + 3ab^2 \pm b^3 = (a \pm b)^3$
$$y=a(bx-h)^3 + c$$
-- $m=0$ at *stationary point of inflection* (i.e. ({h \over b}, k)$)
+- $m=0$ at *stationary point of inflection* (i.e. (${h \over b}, k)$)
- in form $y=(x-a)^2(x-b)$, local max at $x=a$, local min at $x=b$
- in form $y=a(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)$: $x$-intercepts at $b, c, d$
- in form $y=a(x-b)^2(x-c)$, touches $x$-axis at $b$, intercept at $c$