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Factoring
Warm Up
Find each product.
1. (x + 2)(x + 7) 2. (x – 11)(x + 5)
x2 + 9x + 14 x2 – 6x – 55
3. (x – 10)2 x2 – 20x + 100
4. x2 + 12x + 35 5. x2 + 2x – 63
(x + 5)(x + 7) (x – 7)(x + 9)
6. x2 – 10x + 16 7. 2x2 – 16x + 32
(x – 2)(x – 8) 2(x – 4)2
You have solved quadratic equations by graphing.
Another method used to solve quadratic equations is
to factor and use the Zero Product Property.
Additional Example 1A: Use the Zero Product Property
Use the Zero Product Property to solve the
equation. Check your answer.
(x – 7)(x + 2) = 0
Use the Zero Product
x – 7 = 0 or x + 2 = 0
Property.
x = 7 or x = –2 Solve each equation.
Additional Example 1A Continued
Use the Zero Product Property to solve the
equation. Check your answer.
Check (x – 7)(x + 2) = 0
(7 – 7)(7 + 2) 0
(0)(9) 0
Substitute each solution
0 0
for x in the original
Check (x – 7)(x + 2) = 0 equation.
(–2 – 7)(–2 + 2) 0
(–9)(0) 0
0 0
Additional Example 1B: Use the Zero Product Property
Use the Zero Product Property to solve each
equation. Check your answer.
(x – 2)(x) = 0
(x)(x – 2) = 0 Use the Zero Product
x = 0 or x – 2 = 0 Property.
x=2 Solve the second
equation.
(x + 4)(x – 3) = 0
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Additional Example 2D: Solving Quadratic
Equations by Factoring
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.
Check your answer.
–2x2 = 20x + 50
–2x2 = 20x + 50 The equation must be written in
+2x2 +2x2 standard form. So add 2x2 to
0 = 2x2 + 20x + 50 both sides.
2x2 + 20x + 50 = 0
2(x2 + 10x + 25) = 0 Factor out the GCF 2.
2(x + 5)(x + 5) = 0 Factor the trinomial.
2≠0 or x + 5 = 0 Use the Zero Product Property.
x = –5 Solve the equation.
Additional Example 2D Continued
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.
Check your answer.
–2x2 = 20x + 50
Check
–2x2 = 20x + 50
Substitute –5 into the
–2(–5) 2
20(–5) + 50
original equation.
–50 –100 + 50
–50 –50
Check It Out! Example 2a
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.
Check your answer.
x2 – 6x + 9 = 0
Factor the trinomial.
(x – 3)(x – 3) = 0 Use the Zero Product
x – 3 = 0 or x – 3 = 0 Property.
x = 3 or x = 3 Solve each equation.
The only solution is 3.
Check
x2 – 6x + 9 = 0 Substitute 3 into the
(3)2 – 6(3) + 9 0 original equation.
9 – 18 + 9 0
0 0
Check It Out! Example 2b
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.
Check your answer.
x2 + 4x = 5
x2 + 4x = 5 Write the equation in standard
–5 –5 form. Add –5 to both sides.
x2 + 4x – 5 = 0
The graph of y = x2 + 4x – 5
● ● intersects the x-axis at x = 1
and x = –5, the same as the
solutions from factoring.
Check It Out! Example 2c
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.
Check your answer.
30x = –9x2 – 25
Write the equation in standard
–9x2 – 30x – 25 = 0 form.
–1(9x2 + 30x + 25) = 0 Factor out the GCF, –1.
–1(3x + 5)(3x + 5) = 0 Factor the trinomial.
–1 ≠ 0 or 3x + 5 = 0 Use the Zero Product Property.
– 1 cannot equal 0.
Solve the remaining equation.
Check It Out! Example 2c Continued
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The graph of y = –9x2 – 30x – 25
intersects the x-axis at x = ,
the same as the solution from
factoring.
Check It Out! Example 2d
Solve the quadratic equation by factoring. Check
your answer.
3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0
Check Check
3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0
3(1)2 – 4(1) + 1 0
3 –4 +1 0 3–4+1 0
0 0
0 0
Additional Example 3: Application
The height in feet of a diver above the water
can be modeled by h(t) = –16t2 + 8t + 8,
where t is time in seconds after the diver
jumps off a platform. Find the time it takes
for the diver to reach the water.
h = –16t2 + 8t + 8
The diver reaches the water
0 = –16t + 8t + 8
2
when h = 0.
0 = –8(2t2 – t – 1) Factor out the GCF, –8.
0 = –8(2t + 1)(t – 1) Factor the trinomial.
Additional Example 3 Continued
Use the Zero Product
–8 ≠ 0, 2t + 1 = 0 or t – 1= 0 Property.
2t = –1 or t = 1 Solve each equation.
h = –16t2 + 8t + 24
The diver reaches the water
0 = –16t + 8t + 24
2
when h = 0.
5. 2x2 + 12x – 14 = 0 1, –7
6. x2 + 18x + 81 = 0 –9
7. –4x2 = 16x + 16 –2
8. The height of a rocket launched upward from
a 160 foot cliff is modeled by the function
h(t) = –16t2 + 48t + 160, where h is height
in feet and t is time in seconds. Find the
time it takes the rocket to reach the ground
at the bottom of the cliff.
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