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Solving Quadratic Equations Exercises 1.

a) d) Write down the expansions of the following ( x 8) 2 (4 x)2 b) e) (3 x + 2) 2


1 x 2 5
2

c) f)

(2 x + 5)(3 x + 4)

1 1 + x + x 2 2

2. a) d) g) 3. a) c) e) 4.

Factor out the following;


x2 + 6x + 8 x2 4x + 4 3 x 2 15 x + 18

b) e) h)

x2 + x 2 x 2 16 x + 64 1 x2

c) f) i)

x 2 4 x 32 2 x 2 32 x2 4

Solve the following equations using the factor method;


2 x 2 + 12 x + 16 = 0 28 x 2 32 x + 4 = 0

b) d) f)

2x2

1 4 x= 50 5

6x2 + 9 x 6 = 0

6 16 = 32 x2 x

12 2x + 8 = x4 x

Obtain a corresponding equation in the form ax 2 + bx + c = 0 for the following

pairs of roots a)

( 2,6 )

b)

( 3, 5)

c)

1 2 , 3 5

d)

3 , 2 8

5. a)

Determine the value of k if the following expressions are perfect squares


x2 + 6x + k

b)

3x 2 5 x + k

c)

x 2 + 10 x + k

6.

Solve for x in the following equations using the completing the square method;

a) c)

x2 6x + 4 = 0 2x2 4x = 3

b) d)

4 x2 + 8x + 1 = 0 75 x 2 + 10 x 21 = 0

7. a) c) 2. a)

Use quadratic formula to solve the following equations;


4 x 2 + 3x + 1 =0 4

b) d)

21x 2 + 17 x 8 = 0 2 x 2 + 3x 7 = 0

4 x 2 + 12 x + 5 = 0

Solve the following using quadratic formula b) Given that the lengths of 3 sides of a right-angled triangular piece of

canvas are 2 x, 2 x + 2, 2 x + 4 metres, find the area of the canvas. c) Members of a Chama decided to raise KES 20000 towards a charity. Five of them were unable to contribute. The rest had therefore to pay KES 200 more each to realize the same amount. How many members were in the Chama originally?

a)

Draw the graph of y = x 2 + 6 x + 2 for 8 x 3 . Use your graph to solve the equation x 2 + 4 x + 3 = 0

b)

Draw the graph of y = 2 x 2 3 x 5 for 3 x 6 . Use your graph to solve


2 x2 3x 5 = 0

c)

Draw the graph of y = x 2 3 x + 2 in the domain 0 x 4 and use it to solve the equation x 2 3 x + 1 = 0 .

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