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Select 5 problems from this menu to use in your quiz. You must choose at least 3 entrees and a choice of 2 problems from the starters and/or desserts. Any student, who wishes to create their own problems, must have them pre-approved by the teacher. Note: Your quiz must include examples of completing the square and complex number operations involving addition/subtraction, distribution and using the conjugate
Starters
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Simplify: 2 + 7 i + 3 4i Simplify:
2 + 3i + -7 + 9i
21 + i + 2i + - 3
10
K TIMME
Entrees
Solve by completing the square:
11
12
2x2 - 6x -12 =-28 Simplify: (2 + 7i)(2 7i) (2 +21i) + (-3 7i) (-8 + 8i) (2 i) Solve for x: -4(x 3)2 = 16
21
x2 - 14x -12 = 16 Simplify: (-3 + i)(6 5i) (9 2i) + (7 + 11i) (25 5i) (20 +7i) Solve for x: 5(x 7)2 = 30
13
22
Simplify:
14
Simplify:
23
Simplify:
15 24
Simplify:
16
25
Simplify:
17 26
Simplify:
Desserts
Use the completing the square method to derive the quadratic formula: 27 From the standard form for quadratic equations: 30
ax2 + bx + c = 0 (2 7i)
2
28
Simplify:
31
Simplify:
i3
Simplify: 29
32
The length of a rectangle is four times the width. The area is 80 feet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle by completing the square
K TIMME