Who does Mr. Smith look like?
What is Barry B. Benson?
Standard form
ax2+bx+c=0
First Step
What is "Put the equation in Standard Form (if necessary)"?
What beverage is often left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
Milk.
How many solutions will this problem have? 55- 7x = 6x2
2
What day was Jesus born
We don't know, but we just say he was born on Christmas day
The quadratic formula
Second step step
What is "Find the a,b,c"?
How many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
Four
What is the a of the problem~ 55- 7x = 6x2
a = 6
What year did the first Home Alone movie come out?
1990
Standard Form
Third Step
What is "Insert A,B,C into the quadratic formula and solve"
What’s another name for Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle or Saint Nicholas
What is the B~ 55- 7x = 6x2
B = -7
One of Santa’s reindeer shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine’s Day. Which reindeer is that?
Cupid
What can it solve?
It can be used to solve ANY quadratic equation in standard form
Number of solutions
Some will have 2 solutions and some will only have 1
Around 336 CE
What is the C of this problem 55- 7x = 6x2
c = 55
What year was each one of us (Andrew, Pria, Libby) born?
Pria - 2009
Libby - 2010
Andrew - 2008
5x2 + 6x + 1 = 0
x = −0.2 or x = −1
If the problem is 2x2-5x+9=0, what is A, B, and C?
A= 2
B = -5
C= 9
What country put up the first Christmas tree?
Germany
55- 7x = 6x2
x = 5/2, -11/3