To determine whether an equation is a quadratic equation, you can look for two conditions: firstly, the highest power of the variable is 2 and secondly, the coefficient of the x^2 term (that is, the "a" in the equation) is not equal to zero. These two are some examples of quadratic equations 2x^2+3x+5 and x^2+5x+6.
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