[size=150]Mai and Jada are solving the equation [math]2x^2-7x=15[/math] using the quadratic formula but found different solutions.[/size][br][table][tr][td]Mai wrote:[/td][td]Jada wrote:[/td][/tr][tr][td][math]x = \frac{\text{-} 7 \pm \sqrt{7^2 - 4(2)(\text{-}15)}}{2(2)}\\ [br]x = \frac{\text{-} 7 \pm \sqrt{49 - (\text{-} 120)}}{4}\\ [br]x = \frac{\text{-} 7 \pm \sqrt{169}}{4}\\ [br]x = \frac{\text{-} 7 \pm 13}{4}\\ [br]x = \text{-} 5 \quad \text{ or } \quad x = \frac32[/math][/td][td][math]x = \frac{\text{-} (\text{-} 7) \pm \sqrt{\text{-} 7^2 - 4(2)(\text{-}15)}}{2(2)}\\ [br]x = \frac{7 \pm \sqrt{\text{-} 49 - (\text{-} 120)}}{4}\\ [br]x = \frac{7 \pm \sqrt{71} }{4}[/math][/td][/tr][/table][br]If this equation is written in standard form, [math]ax^2+bx+c=0[/math], what are the values of [math]a[/math], [math]b[/math], and [math]c[/math]?
Do you agree with either of them? Explain your reasoning.[br]
[size=150]The equation [math]h\left(t\right)=-16t^2+80t+64[/math] represents the height, in feet, of a potato [math]t[/math] seconds after it was launched from a mechanical device.[/size][br][br]Write an equation that would allow us to find the time the potato hits the ground.
Solve the equation without graphing. Show your reasoning.
[size=150]Priya found [math]x=3[/math] and [math]x=-1[/math] as solutions to [math]3x^2-6x-9=0[/math]. [/size][size=100][size=150]Is she correct? Show how you know. [/size][/size]
[size=150]Lin says she can tell that [math]25x^2+40x+16[/math] and [math]49x^2-112x+64[/math] are perfect squares because each expression has the following characteristics, which she saw in other perfect squares in standard form:[/size][list][size=150][*]The first term is a perfect square. The last term is also a perfect square.[/*][*]If we multiply a square root of the first term and a square root of the last term and then double the product, the result is the middle term.[/*][/size][/list][size=100]Show that each expression has the characteristics Lin described.[br][/size]
Write each expression in factored form.
[size=150]What are the solutions to the equation [math]2x^2-5x-1=0[/math]?[/size]
[math]x^2+11x+24=0[/math]
[math]4x^2+20x+25=0[/math]
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[math]y=10\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^x[/math]
[math]y=10\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)^x[/math]
[size=150]The function [math]f[/math] is defined by [math]f\left(x\right)=\left(x+1\right)\left(x+6\right)[/math].[/size][br][br]What are the [math]x[/math]-intercepts of the graph of [math]f[/math]?
Find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of [math]f[/math]. Show your reasoning.[br]