Grade 9

Unit 1 Lesson 1
Solving Quadratic Equations by
Extracting the Roots and Factoring
 Objectives:

 illustrate quadratic equations.

 solve quadratic equations by: (a)
extracting square roots and (b) factoring.
 Vocabulary Bank

A quadratic equation is an equation of the form

where a, b and c are given numbers and a 0.

The value(s) of the variable x that satisfy

the equation are known as the solutions
or roots of the equation.
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APPLICATION
PROBLEM
The floor of a square
swimming pool is covered
with square-foot floor tiles. If
121tiles cover the pool, how
long is each side of the pool?
 One type of quadratic equations are equations with
no term in x such as
, and

Also there are quadratic equations with no constant

term. Examples are ,
and .

Another example, is a quadratic equation in

standard form,
where a = 2, b = 3, and c=1.
Example:

Convert each quadratic equation into standard form and

find the values of a, b, and c:

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Solving Quadratic
equations by
extracting the
roots
Now, let us consider the quadratic equation of the form . How are
we going to solve the for solution of this equation?

We can use extracting square roots in solving this form of quadratic equation.
 pra c t ic e !
p ut t o
Let’s
Solve

Step 1.

Arrange and transpose the equation so that

one side of the equation contains the
unknown variable and the other side contains
the constant term.
Step 2. Extract the square root of both
sides of the equation.

Step 3. Simplify the radical.

The solutions for the quadratic equation

Solving quadratic
equations by
factoring
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 Our process is easy
STEP STEP STEP
1. Arrange and 2. Factor the quadratic 3. Using the Zero-Product
transpose the terms of equation. Express the Property, equate each
the equations so that equation as a product of factor to zero and solve for
one side of the two algebraic expressions. each equation. These will
equation is equal to 0. be the solutions to the
quadratic equations.
Solve the quadratic equations by factoring

The solutions for the quadratic equation

.
Take a look at another example :

Solve

factor the left‐hand side by finding two numbers whose

product is 12 and whose sum is –7
(x – 4)(x – 3) = 0

x–4=0
x–3=0 Equate each factor to zero
x = 4 or x = 3

The solutions for the quadratic equation

 Fill in the blanks:

1) A ______________ is in standard form if it follows

the form , where a, b, and c are real numbers and
a 0.

2) If the quadratic equation is of the form, = c, then

the solution/s for the equation is/are given by
______________.
 Fill in the blanks:

Quadratic equation
1) A _________________________ is in standard form if
it follows the form , where a, b, and c are real numbers
and a 0.

2) If the quadratic equation is of the form, = c, then the

solution/s for the equation is/are given by
=
______________.
APPLICATION
PROBLEM
The floor of a square
swimming pool is covered
with square-foot floor tiles. If
121tiles cover the pool, how
long is each side of the pool?
APPLICATION
PROBLEM
The floor of a square swimming pool is covered with
square-foot floor tiles. If 121 tiles cover the pool,
how long is each side of the pool?

The equation is

Each side of the pool measures

11 feet.
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 There are ways to solve a quadratic equation:
• by extracting the square root, and
• by factoring

If the quadratic equation is of the form, , then

the solution for the equation is given by:

In factoring the quadratic equation, express the

equation as a product of two algebraic expressions
and apple Zero-product property to find for the roots of
the equation
 Grade 9
Unit 1 Lesson 1
Solving Quadratic Equations by
Extracting the Roots and Factoring
THANK You S0
MUCH !