Real-Life Examples
Factoring:
Perfect Square Trinomial
Factoring:
Difference of Two Squares
Completing the Square
Quadratic Formula
Complex Numbers
100

Name ONE of the coefficients labeled below:

Gravity, Initial Velocity, Initial Height

100

Factor  a+ 2ab + b2

(a + b)2

100

Factor (a- b2)

(a + b)(a - b)

100

Write the 2x2-5x+2 = 0 in the form ax2+bx = c


2x- 5x = -2

100

Write the equation using the quadratic formula.


100

The following is an example of a(n) ___________ number.

imaginary

200

Name ONE of the gravitational force coefficients of the earth.

-16 ft/sec2       and    -4.9m/sec2

200

Write as a perfect square trinomial:

(a - b)2

a2 - 2ab + b2

200

True or False:

(a2+ b2) = (+ b)(- b). 

False. 

(a- b2) = (+ b)(- b)

200
If a does not equal 1, divide every term by ____. 


For example: 2x2 - 5x = -2, divide every term by ____.

a, 2

200

Solve

-7x+ 16x + 31 = 0

-1.2519, 3.5376

200

Complete the imaginary number equations

i, -1, -i, 1

300

What as the maximum height of the ball?

28 feet

300

Factor the trinomial:

4x2+ 12x + 9

(2x + 3)(2+ 3)  or (2x + 3)2

300

Factor   4x- 36x6

(2x +6x3)(2x - 6x3)

300

Complete the square to solve the following equation

-3x2 - 7x + 3 = 0

x = .37    x= -2.70

300

Solve 

(a+2)= 2a

a = -1 + i  sr3

a = -1 - sr3
300

complete the imaginary number equation.

i41

i

400

Suppose a rocket is launched from a platform. The equation 

h = -4.9t2 + 200+ 25

gives the rocket's height, h, in meters in terms of time, t, in seconds.

What was the initial velocity of the rocket?

200 m/sec

400

Solve for a in terms of b:

64a- 48ab + 9b= 0 

= 3/8b

400

Solve the equation

49k2 = 64

{-8/7, 8/7}
400

Complete the square to solve the equation

7x2 + 4x - 11 = 0

x = 1, x= -11/7

400

The Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon have a height of 308 feet. A pebble is thrown upward from the top of the falls with an initial velocity of 15 feet per second.

How many seconds will it take the pebble to hit the ground?

t = 4.9 seconds

400

Write an equivalent expression

(3 - 5i) - (7 - 2i)

-4 - 4i

500
A ball is tossed in the air with an initial velocity of 12 feet per second from a height of 5.5 feet. Write an equation that represents the ball's height, h, in feet over time, t, in seconds.

-16t2 +12t + 5.5

500

Solve for w:

4w+ 49 = -28w.

w = -7/2

500

Factor   x2 + 144.

Not Factorable. 

(looking for difference of squares, not the SUM).

500

Solve 

-6x2 +13x - 5

x = 5/3, x=1/2

500

The Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon have a height of 308 feet. A pebble is thrown upward from the top of the falls with an initial velocity of 15 feet per second.

How long after the pebble is thrown will it be 75 feet from the ground?

t =4.3 seconds

500

Write an equivalent expression

(3 + 8i)(5 + 2i)

-1 + 46i