Chapter 13-4 of Prentice Hall
By Petrain King
IMaST Lead Coach
• What are quadratic LAUSD
equations?
• Solving Quadratic Equations
for ROOTS.
• How many solutions?
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What are quadratic equations?
• Any equation of the form:
y=ax2+bx + c
• The highest power of the variable is:
2
Roots
Where are they in this example?
Roots
Where are they in this example?
X= Time
Roots
Where are they in this example?
Y= Height
Root
Root
X= Time
What do quadratic equations look
like?
• The name for the graph of quadratics is a:
parabola
• If the x2 term is positive the “bowl” opens :
upward
• If the x2 term is negative the “bowl” opens:
downward
What do quadratic equations look like?
If the x2 term is positive
If the x2 term is negative
Example One; Page 590
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x = -3
+3 +3
-3+3=0
5x -8x+3=0
2
Example One; Page 590
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x = -3
+3 +3
-3+3=0
5x -8x+3=0
2
Example One; Page 590
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x = -3
+3 +3
-3+3=0
5x -8x+3=0
2
Example One; Page 590
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x= -3
5x2-8x = -3
+3 +3
-3+3=0
5x -8x+3=0
2
5x2-8x+3=0
•A 5
•B
-8
•C
3
5x -8x+3=0
2
A B C
-b±√b2-4ac
2a
5x -8x+3=0
2
A B C
5x -8x
2
+3=0
a b c
-b±√b2-4ac
2a
5x2-8x+3=0
a b c
-b±√b2-4ac
2a
-(-)8±√-8 -4(5)(3)
2
2(5)
Be
-b±√b2-4ac
careful Be very careful 2a
-(-)8±√8 -4(5)(3) 2
2(5)
8±√-8 -4(5)(3)
2
2(5)
8±√-8 -4(15)
2
10
8±√64 - 60
10
8±√8 -4(5)(3)
2
2(5) The given 4 was
multiplied with a
The given 2 was and c
multiplied with a
8±√ 64 - 60
10
8±√64 - 60
10 The difference between
-60 and +64
8±√4
10 10
8±√4
10 10 What’s the square root
of 4?
8± 2
10 10
0.8 ± 0.2
0.8 ± 0.2
0.8 + 0.2 = 1.0
0.8 - 0.2 =
0.60
The Solution ARE
1 and 3/5
6/10 = 3/5= 0.6
Quiz Time
A.2x2 = 4-7x
B. 3x2 - 8 = 10x
Homework
• Page 593
– Problems 1-3, 7-12, 15-18
Using Quadratic Equations.
One example
• The path of a baseball thrown into the air
can be described by this quadratic:
– h = -16x2 + 10x + 3 (h=height, t=time)
• Using this equation, we can find the height
of the ball after any amount of time by
substituting a “t” value into the equation
and solving.
Solving Quadratic Equations.
• To solve the quadratic equation for x we
must use the Quadratic Formula. Have you
memorized it yet?
– x = -b ± b2 - 4ac
2a
How many solutions?
• A quick way to find out how many
solutions a quadratic has, simply find the
value of the discriminent.
– If b2-4ac > 0 the are 2 solutions
– If b2-4ac = 0 there is only 1 solution
– If b2-4ac < 0 there are no solutions. Why?
• We can’t evaluate the square root of a negative
number.
