Lesson 3 – Nature of the roots of Quadratic Equations

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A. For each of the following equations, find the discriminant then describe the roots.

1. 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9 = 0 _________________________

2. 𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 + 5 = 0 _________________________

3. 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 1 = 0 _________________________

4. 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 40 = 0 _________________________

5. 4𝑥 2 + 25 = 0 _________________________

6. 16 − 9𝑥 2 = 0 _________________________

7. 8𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 = 0 _________________________

8. 5𝑥 = 3𝑥 2 _________________________

9. 𝑥 − 30 = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 29 _________________________

10. (𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 − 8) − 64 _________________________

B. Give the sum and product of the roots of each quadratic equation.

Sum Product

1. 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 7 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

2. 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

3. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 = 20 ____________________ ______________________

4. 𝑥 2 − 36 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

5. 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 6 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

6. 2𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 10 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

7. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 9 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

8. 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 10 = 0 ____________________ ______________________

9. 5𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 = 35 ____________________ ______________________

10. 6𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 = 12 ____________________ ______________________