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Practice A
1.8 For use with the lesson Use the Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant

Write the equation in standard form so that a is positive. Identify a, b, and c.

Lesson 1.8

1. 2x 2 1 x 1 4 5 0 2. x 2 2 2x 1 3 5 6

3. 23x 2 2 2 5 x 2 1 3x 4. 5x 5 2x 2 2 x 1 9

Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation.

5. x 2 2 x 1 2 5 0 6. 2x 2 1 3x 1 2 5 0 7. x 2 2 2x 1 1 5 0

8. x 2 1 x 2 4 5 0 9. 3x 2 1 2x 2 1 5 0 10. 2x 2 2 4x 1 5 5 0

Find the discriminant and use it to determine if the solution has one real,
two real, or two imaginary solution(s).
11. x 2 1 4x 1 1 5 0 12. x 2 2 2x 1 1 5 0

13. x 2 1 2x 1 5 5 0 14. 2x 2 1 3x 1 1 5 0

15. 2x 2 2 4x 2 6 5 0 16. x 2 2 5x 2 6 5 0

17. 22x 2 1 x 1 4 5 0 18. 5x 2 1 7x 1 6 5 0

Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.

19. x 2 2 3x 1 2 5 0 20. x 2 1 5x 1 2 5 0 21. x 2 2 3x 1 1 5 0

22. 3x 2 1 x 2 4 5 0 23. 2x 2 2 4x 2 1 5 0 24. 2x 2 2 4x 1 1 5 0

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25. 3x 2 1 2x 5 0 26. 22x 2 2 2x 2 1 5 0 27. 5x 2 2 9x 1 3 5 0

28. 2x 2 1 3x 2 4 5 2 29. 2x 2 2 1 5 3x 1 4 30. x 2 2 4x 5 23x 1 2

31. 3x 2 1 2x 5 x 2 1 x 1 1 32. 2x 2 2 2 5 3x 2 2 5 33. 2x 2 2 x 1 3 5 3x 1 7

Solve the equation using the quadratic formula. Then solve the equation
by factoring to check your solution(s).
34. x 2 2 x 2 2 5 0 35. x 2 1 5x 1 6 5 0 36. x 2 2 2x 2 8 5 0

37. x 2 1 7x 1 6 5 0 38. 2x 2 1 x 2 6 5 0 39. 3x 2 1 2x 2 1 5 0

Find the value of x.

40. Area of rectangle 5 17.6 41. Area of parallelogram 5 40.5

x x

x 1 2.3 2x

42. Horseshoes A contestant tosses a horseshoe from one pit to another with an initial
vertical velocity of 50 feet per second. The horseshoe is released 3 feet above the
ground. Use the model h 5 216t 2 1 50t 1 3 where h is the height (in feet) and t is
the time (in seconds) to tell how long the horseshoe was in the air.
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 Lesson 1.8 Use the Quadratic square root of a negative number, so the function
Formula and the Discriminant has no real roots. Therefore, a discriminant with
a positive value means there are two solutions, a
Teaching Guide
discriminant with a value of zero means there is
1. y
one solution, and a discriminant with a negative

answers
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value means there are no real solutions.
Practice Level A
1 x
1. 2x 2 1 x 1 4 5 0; a 5 2, b 5 1, c 5 4
2. x 2 2 2x 2 3 5 0; a 5 1, b 5 22, c 5 23
Because the graph has two x-intercepts, the
3. 4x 2 1 3x 1 2 5 0; a 5 4, b 5 3, c 5 2
equation x2 1 4x 1 2 5 0 has two solutions.
4. 2x 2 2 6x 1 9 5 0; a 5 2, b 5 26, c 5 9
2. y

5. 27 6. 27 7. 0 8. 17 9. 16 10. 224
11. 12; two real 12. 0; one real
13. 216; two imaginary 14. 1; two real
1

1 x
15. 28; two imaginary 16. 49; two real

Because the graph has one x-intercept, the 17. 33; two real 18. 271; two imaginary
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equation x2 1 4x 1 6 5 0 has no solution.

3 1
4. Sample answer: By changing the value of c, 2 39. 21, }
37. 26, 21 38. 22, } 3 40. 3.2
the graph of y 5 x2 1 4x 1 c moves vertically up
and down in the coordinate plane. If the graph is 41. 4.5 42. about 3.2 sec
moved vertically up enough, it will not have an Practice Level B
x-intercept and the equation x2 1 4x 1 c 5 0 will 1. 211 2. 215 3. 49 4. 0 5. 21 6. 2124
not have a solution. 5. A quadratic solution can
have 0, 1, or 2 solutions. 7. 4; two real 8. 212; two imaginary
9. 0; one real 10. 16; two real
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11. 215; two imaginary 12. 109; two real
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3. In parts (c) and (d), there is 1 solution.
The value of the discriminant is 0. 19. 20.13, 1.25 20. 20.38, 1.47 21. 24, 6
4. In parts (e) and (f), there are no solutions. 3 5 1 1 2
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The value of the discriminant is negative.
5. Because the discriminant is under the radical 2 3
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sign, you must take the square root of its value. 3 2
The square root of a positive number is a real 27. No. The area of the room is x(10 2 x) and can
number, so the function has a positive and a be expressed as x(10 2 x) 5 28 which has no real
negative root. The square root of zero is zero, so solutions. 28. h 5 216t 2 1 64t 1 80 29. 2 sec
the function has one root. You can not take the 30. 144 ft 31. 5 sec

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