Gr 10 Math Solving Quadratic Functions by Completing the Square August 06, 2015

 Reminders x 2
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 Long Test 2 Results
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1. Cases for AV
2. Signs 4. Transpose a to the other side, side of zero.
3. GEMDAS 5. Complete the square on the other side.
4. Notations Balance this by adding the same value to
5. Number Facts the other side of the equation.
6. Apply the square root property by taking the
 Homework square root on both sides of the equation.
1. Answer numbers 17 and 19 on page 143 in 7. Solve for x.
your notebooks. 8. Check by back-substitution.
2. Check your own work.
3. Do error analysis. What are the zeroes of the following?
 1
 Homework Solution g  x   5x  3x 2  2 2, 
a.  3
x 2  3x  28 x  2x  3   5
 5  5 
x  3x  28  0
2
2x 2  3x  5  0 f  x   x  x  5  5  
 2 
 x  7   x  4 0  2x  5   x  1 0 b.
2 5 
x 70 x 40 2x  5  0 j  x   10  x  3x  x  4   , 
x 1  0 3 3 
x 7 x  4 5 c.
x x 1
 7, 4 2
d.
x  x  1   2x  1  x  3   2  7
 5 
 ,1 1  65 
5x  2x  1  2  1  x 
2
 2   
e.  16 

 Square Root Property  Exercises

f  x   x2  3
1. Factorable?  Wrap-Up
If c is a positive number and if x  c
2
How do we solve quadratic functions by
completing the square?
then x   c .

Find the zeroes of the following quadratic

functions.

a.
x 2  20  2 5
 x  3  0, 6
2
9
b.
 21 19 
24  x  5   6
2
 , 
c. 4 4

 Completing the Square

f  x   x 2  4x  2
1.
2.

2 2
b   b
x 2  bx    x  
2  2

complete the square

3.
Solving Quadratic Functions by Completing
the Square
1. Express the quadratic function in its
standard form.
2. Equate it to zero.
3. Divide all the terms by a, the coefficient of