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