MATH 9 – QUARTER 1 LESSON 5

SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATION BY QUADRATIC

FORMULA
We use the below formulas to solve the roots of the QE; the sum of the roots;
the product of the roots; and the discriminant (∆) or delta to know the nature of
the roots.

𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑫 𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴 𝑶𝑭 𝑸𝑬: 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄 ∈ 𝑹, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 ≠ 𝟎

−𝒃 ± 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄
𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂: 𝒙=
𝟐𝒂

𝒃 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔
𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 = −
𝒂 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄 > 𝟎 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍
𝒄 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄 = 𝟎 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍
𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒙𝟏 ∙ 𝒙𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄 < 𝟎 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚
𝒂
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EQUATION BY
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SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATION BY QUADRATIC
FORMULA
EXAMPLES
𝟐. 𝟒𝟑𝟎 = −𝟏𝟔𝒕𝟐 − 𝟒𝒕 + 𝟒𝟒𝟐
𝟏𝟔𝒕𝟐 + 𝟒𝒕 − 𝟒𝟒𝟐 + 𝟒𝟑𝟎 = 𝟎 −𝟏 ± 𝟏 + 𝟒𝟖 −𝟏 + 𝟕
𝒕= 𝒕𝟏 =
𝟏𝟔𝒕𝟐 + 𝟒𝒕 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟖 𝟖
𝟒𝒕𝟐 + 𝒕 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟔 𝟑
−𝟏 ± 𝟒𝟗 𝒕𝟏 = =
𝒂 = 𝟒 𝒃 = 𝟏 𝒄 = −𝟑 𝒕= 𝟖 𝟒
𝟖
−𝒃 ± 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄
𝒕= −𝟏 − 𝟕
𝟐𝒂 −𝟏 ± 𝟕 𝒕𝟐 =
𝒕= 𝟖
𝟖
−(𝟏) ± (𝟏)𝟐 −𝟒(𝟒)(−𝟑) −𝟖
𝒕= 𝒕𝟐 = = −𝟏
𝟐(𝟒) 𝟖
𝟑
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 = 𝟒𝟗 > 𝟎 𝒕𝟏 = , 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏
𝟒
SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATION BY QUADRATIC
FORMULA
EXAMPLES
𝟐. 𝟒𝟑𝟎 = −𝟏𝟔𝒕𝟐 − 𝟒𝒕 + 𝟒𝟒𝟐 𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆
𝟒𝒕𝟐 + 𝒕 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟑 𝟏 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔
+ (−𝟏) = − 𝟑 (−𝟑)
𝒂=𝟒 𝒃=𝟏 𝒄 = −𝟑 𝟒 𝟒 −𝟏( ) =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟒 𝟒
𝟑 − = − 𝟑 𝟑
𝒕𝟏 = , 𝒕 = −𝟏 𝟒 𝟒 − =−
𝟒 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATION BY QUADRATIC
FORMULA
EXAMPLES
𝟑. 𝒛𝟐 − 𝟐𝒛 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝒂=𝟏 𝒃 = −𝟐 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟎

−𝒃 ± 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄
𝒚=
𝟐𝒂
−(−𝟐) ± (−𝟐)𝟐 −𝟒(𝟏)(𝟏𝟎)
𝒚= 𝑵𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝟐(𝟏)
𝟐 ± 𝟒 − 𝟒𝟎
𝒚=
𝟐
𝟐 ± −𝟑𝟔
𝒚=
𝟐
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 = −𝟑𝟔 < 𝟎
SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATION BY QUADRATIC
FORMULA
EXAMPLES
𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔
𝟒. 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝒂=𝟒 𝒃=𝟗 𝒄=𝟐 𝟗
𝟏
− + (−𝟐) = −
−𝒃 ± 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄 −𝟗 ± 𝟕 𝟒 𝟒
𝒚= 𝒚=
𝟐𝒂 𝟖 𝟗 𝟗
− = −
−𝟗 + 𝟕 −𝟗 − 𝟕 𝟒 𝟒
−(𝟗) ± (𝟗)𝟐 −𝟒(𝟒)(𝟐) 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒚𝟐 =
𝒚= 𝟖 𝟖 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆
𝟐(𝟒) −𝟐 −𝟏𝟔
𝒚𝟏 = 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔
−𝟗 ± 𝟖𝟏 − 𝟑𝟐 𝟖 𝟖 𝟏 (𝟐)
𝒚= −𝟐(− ) =
𝟖 𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
𝒚𝟏 = −
−𝟗 ± 𝟒𝟗 𝟒 𝟏 𝟏
𝒚= =
𝟖 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝒚𝟏 = − , 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟐
𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 = 𝟒𝟗 > 𝟎 𝟒
ACTIVITY 5

Solve for the roots of the quadratic equation, the sum and the product of the
roots by using the formula.

𝟏. 𝟓𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟎

𝟐. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 +𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐 = −𝟔

𝟑. −𝟕𝟓𝒙𝟐 −𝟏𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = −𝟏𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝟓𝟎

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