Gr 10 Math Practice Solving Quadratic Functions by Factoring August 05, 2015

 Reminders How do we solve quadratic functions by

 Long Test 2 Results factoring?
1. Cases for AV
2. Signs
3. GEMDAS

 Homework
1. Answer numbers 12 and 14 on page 143 in
your notebooks.
2. Check your own work.
3. Do error analysis.

 Review Factoring Techniques

1. What kind of polynomials are these?
2. How do we factor
a. Difference of Two Squares
1. Get the square root of the first term.
2. Get the square root of the second term.
3. The factors are the sum and difference of
the square roots.
b. Perfect Square Trinomial
1. Arrange in Standard Form.
2. Get the square root of the first term.
3. Get the square root of the last term.
4. The sign connecting the square roots is the
sign of the middle term.
5. The factors are the square of the binomials.
c. Quadratic Trinomial
1. Write in Standard Form.
2. Factor out GCF
3. Identify the a, b and c.
4. Multiply a and c.
5. Find the factors of ac whose sum is b.
6. Get the ratio of a and the factors
7. Write the ratios as factors with the
variable x.

 Solving Quadratic Functions by Factoring

1. Express in Standard Form.
2. Replace the functional notation by zero.
3. Factor the quadratic expression.
4. Equate each factor to zero. (Zero Product
Property)
5. Solve for x.
6. Check.

 Exercises
12  x 2  x  f  x   1, 1
a.
1 
g  x   20x 2  5x  ,0 
b. 4 
9 1 
46x  18  20 x 2  h  x   , 
c. 5 2 
k  x    x  1  x  2  x  3 

d.  1, 2, 3

 Seatwork
f  x   x 2  81  9
a.
h  x   7x 2  70x  175  5
b.

 Wrap-Up