[MATHEDCC] question

Craigs3210 (Craigs3210@AOL.COM)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:31:52 EST

A while ago it was asked why a quadratic equation is called a quadratic when a
cubic means 3 (correct) , a quartic means four (much better) and a quintic
(again better) means five....there were some very interesting
responses....would you please post some of the answers.
thanks
Craig
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