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MAARTEN ACADEMY
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
CLASS ASSIGNMENT
SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Solve the following equations by factoring.

1. 𝑥2 + 5𝑥 + 4 = 0 2. 𝑥2 − 9𝑥 + 18 = 0

x2+ 4x+x+4=0 x2-6x-3x+18=0

x(x+4) 1(x+4) =0 x(x-6) -3(x-6) =0

(x+1) (x+4) =0 (x-3) (x-6) =0

x+1=0 x+4=0 x-3=0 x-6=0

x= -1 x= -4 x=3 x=6

3. 𝑥2 − 49 = 0 4. 𝑥2 + 8𝑥 + 16 = 0

(x-7) (x+7) =0 x2+4x+4x+16=0

x-7=0 x+7=0 x(x+4) 4(x+4) =0

x=7 x=-7 (x+4) (x+4) =0 (Perfect Square)

(x+4)2

x+4 =0

x= -4

5. 3𝑥2 − 18𝑥 − 21 = 0 6 𝑥2 = 11𝑥 − 28

ac= -63x2 x2-11x+28 =0

3x2-21x+3x-21=0 x2-7x-4x+28=0

3x(x-7) 3(x-7) =0 x(x-7) -4(x-7) =0

(3x+3) (x-7) =0 (x-4) (x-7) =0

3x+3=0 x-7=0 x-4=0 x-7=0

x= -1 x=7 x=4 x=7

7. 𝑥2 + 5𝑥 = 0 8. 𝑥2 + 15𝑥 = −56

x2+5x-0=0 x2+15x+56=0

x2+5x+0-0=0 x2+7x+8x+56=0

x(x+5) 0(0-0) =0 x(x+7) 8(x+7) =0

(x-0) (x+5) =0 (x+8) (x+7) =0

x-0=0 x+5=0 x+8=0 x+7=0

x=0 x=-5 x= -8 x= -7

9. 10𝑥2 − 26𝑥 = −12 10. 3𝑥2 = −16𝑚 − 21

10x2-26x+12=0 -3x2-16x-21=0

ac=120x2 ac= 63x2

10x2-20x-6x+12=0 -3x2-9x-7x-21=0

10x(x-2) -6(x-2) =0 -3x(x+3) -7(x+3) =0

(10x-6) (x-2) =0 (-3x-7) (x+3) =0

10x-6=0 x-2=0 -3x-7=0 x+3=0

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x=0.6 x=2 x= x= -3
−3

11. 8𝑥2 = 30 + 43𝑥 12. 2𝑥2 − 14 = −3𝑥

8x2-43x-30=0 2x2+3x-14=0
(8x+5) (x-6) =0 (2x+7) (x-2) =0
−5 −7
x= x=6 x= x=2
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