ASSESMENT 2 16 February 2011 Determine which of the following values of x are the roots of the given quadratic equations

by inspection: (a) (x + 3)(x - 1) = 0; x = -3, -1, 0, 1, 3 (b) (x - 6)(x + 5) = 0; x = -6, -5, 5, 6 (c) (2x 1)(x + 4) = 0; x = -4, -1, , 2, 4 (d) (2x + 3)(3x 5) = 0; x = ,

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By trial and improvement, find the roots of the quadratic equations below: (a) x2 + 2x 3 = 0 The range of the roots: -5 x -2 and -1 < x < 3 (b) x2 - 4x 21 = 0 The range of the roots: -5 x -3 and 6 < x < 9 (c) x2 + 7x 60 = 0 The range of the roots: -15 x -10 and 2 x 5