QUADRATIC

EQUATIONS WEBERCISE
Guided Notes
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
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What is a quadratic
function?

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/quadratic-equation-real-world.html
What are quadratics used
for? List a few real world
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uses
1
What are four ways to
2
solve a quadratic
3
function?
4
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/solving-quadratic-equations-by-factoring/v/example-1-solving-a-quad
Follow the steps in this video to solve the example problem by factoring. Show all steps below.
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Solve by factoring

What are your two answers?

What do these answers mean?

https://www.ixl.com/math/algebra-1/solve-a-quadratic-equation-by-completing-the-square
Solve the example problem by completing the square. Show all steps below
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Solve by Completing the

square Why did you have to do the same thing to both sides of the equation?

http://www.mathhelp.com/how_to/graphing_quadratic_functions/solving_quadratic_equations_by_graphing/?id=2095&utm_c
Follow the steps in this video to solve the example problem by graphing. Show your final graph below
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Solve by graphing

Where is the vertex?

Is it a minimum or a maximum? And how do you know?

Does the graph point up or down?

 http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvquad4.htm
Solve this problem with the quadratic formula x2 4x 8 = 0 Show all steps
A=
B=
C=
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Solve by using the

quadratic formula

http://www.intmath.com/quadratic-equations/interactive-quadratic-function-graph.php
Use this website to discover what happens as you change the coefficient "a", the coefficient "b", and the
constant "c"
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What happens to the graph as "a" changes?

Interact with a parabola
What happens to the graph as "b" changes?

What happens to the graph as "c" changes?

http://www.umsl.edu/~defreeseca/intalg/ch7extra/quadmeth.htm
1st step: Make sure your equation is in ________________ form
2nd step: Try to solve by ___________
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3rd step: Check to see if the side containing the variable is a perfect ____________.
How to decide what
4th step: If the answer to step 3 is yes, solve by taking the __________________ of both sides. If not, step 5
method to use?
5th step: Check to see if the coefficient "a" is ___, and the coefficient "b" is ____.
6th step: if "a" is 1 and "b" is even, solve by ______________________________________. If not, step 7
7th step: If none of the other methods work, or if you prefer to just use this method, you can always solve by
using the ________________________________