James Holloman
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LESSON Practice B
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Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing
Solve each equation by graphing the related function.
1. x 2 6x 9 0 2. x 2 4
x=3 x=2 or x=-2
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3. 2x 2 4x 6 4. x 2 5x 10
x=-3 or x= 1 no zeros
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5. Water is shot straight up out of a water soaker toy.
The quadratic function y 16x 2 32x models the
height in feet of a water droplet after x seconds. How
long is the water droplet in the air?
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