Quadratic Basics
Graphing Quadratics
Solving Quadratics 1
Solving Quadratics 2
Solving Quadratics 3
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The name given to the shape of a quadratic function
Parabola
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Does the following quadratic equation have a maximum or a minimum?
y = -3x2 - 4x + 6
Maximum
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Solve by the square root method:
x2 - 16 = 9
x = ±5
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Solve by the square root method:
17 - 9x2 = 8
x = ±1
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Solve: x2 - 16x + 63 = 0
x = 9 or x = 7
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The name given to the maximum/minimum point of a quadratic function
Vertex
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What is the vertex?
y = 1/2 (x - 4)2 - 3
(4, -3)
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To solve by graphing, what do you need to identify?
x-intercepts of the function
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Given the following graph of y = -x2 - 4x - 3, find the solution to -x2 - 4x - 3 = 0.
x = -3 or x = -1
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Solve: 6x2 - 19 = 5
x = ±2
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The name given to the line that splits a quadratic function into a mirror image of itself
Axis of symmetry
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What is the range?
y = -2(x - 1)2 - 3
(-∞, -3]
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Solve by factoring: x2 - 15x = 34
x = 17 or x = -2
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Solve by factoring: 2x2 - 5x - 3 = 0
x = -1/2 or x = 3
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Solve: 2x2 + 3x - 1 = 0
x = 0.28 or x = -1.78
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How you know an equation is a quadratic
Equation of degree two
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What is the axis of symmetry?
y = x2 - 5x + 2
x = 2.5
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Solve by using the quadratic formula: 4x2 + 3x - 8 = 0
x = 1.09 or x = -1.84
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Solve by using the quadratic formula: x2 - 3x - 6 = -10
No solution
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Solve: 1/4 x2 + 4x = 4
x = 0.94 or x = -16.94
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How to find the axis of symmetry if a quadratic equation is in standard form
x = -b/2a
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What is the vertex?
y = -2x2 + 8x - 1
(2, 7)
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Solve.
x2 - 6x = 14
x = 1.80 or x = -7.80
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Solve.
3x2 + 9x - 12 = 0
x = 1 or x = -4
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What does the discriminant tell us about our solutions for a quadratic?
It should have one, two, or none