Name Date Class

LESSON Practice B
9-6 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
Use the Zero Product Property to solve each equation. Check your answers.
1.  x  1   x  5   0 2.  x  2   x  9   0
x10 or x50 x20 or x  9  0
x 1 or x 5 x  2 or x  9
3.  x  2   x  4   0 4.  2x  1   x  6   0
1 ; 6
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2; 4 2

Solve each quadratic equation by factoring.

5. x 2  3x  0 6. x 2  4x  3  0 7. x 2  5x 6  0

0; 3 3; 1 1; 6
8. x 2  11x  24  0 9. x 2  12x  11  0 10. x 2  18x  65  0

3; 8 1; 11 13; 5
11. x 2  4x  12  0 12. x 2  11x  10  0 13. x 2  12x  35  0

6; 2 1; 10 5; 7

14. 2x 2  3x  5  0 15. 3x 2  5x  2  0 16. x 2  3x  40
5 ; 1
__ 1; 2
__
2 3 8; 5
17. x 2  14  5x 18. 2x  1  8x 2 19. x  10x 2  2
1; __
__ 1 2; __
__ 1
7; 2 4 2 5 2
20. 2x 2  13x  7 21. 6x 2  x  5 22. x 2  5x
1 5
7; __ 1; __
0; 5
2 6
23. The height of a flare fired from the deck of a ship
in distress can be modeled by h  16t 2  104t  56,
where h is the height of the flare above water and t is
the time in seconds. Find the time it takes the flare to
hit the water. 7 seconds

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