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How many solutions ?
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100

Factor the following expression:

p2-36

What is (p-6)(p+6) ?

100

Solve the following equation. If the equation has no real solution write no solution.

x2-9=0

What is x=3 and x=-3 ?

100

Use zero product property to solve the equation:


(x-9)(x-8)=0

What is x={9,8} ?

200

Factor the following expression:

y2-16y+64

What is (y-8)?

200

Solve the equation below. If it has no solution write no solution.

1/4x^2-1=0

What is x=2 and x=-2 ?

200

Solve the following equation using Zero Product Property:

(4a-7)(3a+8)=0

What is a=7/4 and a=-8/3

300

Factor the following expression:

4r2+36r+81

What is (2r+9)2 ?

300

Solve the following equation. If the equation has no solution write no solution. 

144-p2=0

What is p=12 and p=-12 ?

300

Solve. Factor the following quadratic by grouping: 

x3+x2-4x-4=0

What is (x-2)(x+2)(x+1)=0 so x={2,-2,1}

400

The given expression represents the area of a square. Find the side length of following square:


25r2+30r+9

What is (5r+3)2 ?


400

Find the side length of a square that has an area of 169m2.


 Be sure to include unit measurements in your final answer. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

What is 13m ?

400

Write the following equation in standard form and solve it:


16n+7n2+15=2n2+3

Standard Form: 

0=5n2+16n+12

Solutions:n={-2, -6/5}

500

Find a pair of factors for the following number by using difference of squares. 

Your NUMBER IS: 91

What is (13)(7) ?

500

For the function below. Determine how many solutions does the function have. What is the axis of symmetry? What is the vertex of the function?


f(x)=3x2-9x+2

Solutions: two solutions

Axis of symmetry: x= (3/2)

Vertex: (1.5,-4.75)



500

What is a 3x4?