James Holloman

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LESSON Practice A
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8-5
Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing
Solve each quadratic equation by graphing the related function and
finding the zeros.
1. x 2  4x  4 0 2. x 2  x 6

Zeros: x=2 Zeros: x = −3 or x = 2

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3. x 2 1 4. 7  x 2 3x

Zeros: x = −1 or x = 1 No zeros
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5. Gretchen throws a ball straight up in the air. The
quadratic function y 16x 2  48x models the
height in feet of the ball after x seconds. Use a
graphing calculator to sketch the graph of this
function. Use the zeros to find how long the ball
is in the air.
3 seconds

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