James Holloman

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LESSON Practice B
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Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing
Solve each equation by graphing the related function.
1. x 2  6x  9 0 2. x 2 4

x=3 x=2 or x=-2

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3. 2x 2  4x 6 4. x 2 5x  10

x=-3 or x= 1 no zeros
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5. Water is shot straight up out of a water soaker toy.

The quadratic function y 16x 2  32x models the
height in feet of a water droplet after x seconds. How
long is the water droplet in the air?

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