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3na Quadratic Equations 1

The document provides practice problems involving quadratic equations. It includes problems on factorizing, expanding, completing the square, using the quadratic formula, and graphing quadratic equations. Students are asked to solve quadratic equations arising from word problems involving areas of shapes, distances, speeds, and dimensions. The homework section contains similar problems involving perfect squares, solving quadratic equations, graphing, and word problems reducing to quadratic equations.

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3na Quadratic Equations 1

The document provides practice problems involving quadratic equations. It includes problems on factorizing, expanding, completing the square, using the quadratic formula, and graphing quadratic equations. Students are asked to solve quadratic equations arising from word problems involving areas of shapes, distances, speeds, and dimensions. The homework section contains similar problems involving perfect squares, solving quadratic equations, graphing, and word problems reducing to quadratic equations.

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Practice Quadratic Equations I 1. Determine if each of the following quadratic equations can be solved by factorisation.

If so, solve the equation. (a) x2 + x + 1 = 0, (b) 2x2 + 5x = 3, (c) 3x2 = x + 1. 2. Expand each of the following. (a) (x + 5)2, 3. Factorise each of the following. (a) x2 6x + 9, (b) (b) (2x 7)2. 25x2 + 20x + 4.

4. The following expressions are perfect squares. Find the values of k, where k > 0, in each case. (a) x2 20x + k, (b) 9x2 + 24x + k, (c) x2 + kx + 49. 5. Complete the square for (a) x2 + 10x, (b) x2 14x.

6. Solve the equation x2 4x 8 = 0, by completing the squares method, leaving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. 7. Solve the equation 2x2 + 12x 3 = 0, by completing the squares method, giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. 8. Solve the equation x2 4x 8 = 0, by using the quadratic formula method, giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. 9. Solve the equation 2x2 + 12x = 3, by using the quadratic formula method, leaving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. 10. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The table below shows the corresponding values of x and y of the equation y = 2x2 3x 7. x y 3 a 2 b 1 c 0 d 1 e 2 f 3 g 4 h

(a) Find the value of a, of b, of c, of d, of e, of f, of g and of h. (b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to represent 5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y = 2x2 3x 7 for 3 x 4. (c) Use your graph to solve the equation 2x2 3x 7 = 0. 11. The area of a rectangle is 15 m2. The length of the rectangle is 2 m longer than its breadth, x m. Form an equation in x and show that it reduces to x2 + 2x 15 = 0. Hence, solve the equation and find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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12. Ali and Bala started jogging together from a point P to a point Q 10 km away. Alis average speed, x km/h, was 0.5 km/h more than Balas average speed. If Ali took 4 minutes less than Bala to reach point Q, form an equation in x and show that it reduces to 2x2 x 150 = 0. Hence, solve the equation and find Alis average speed, giving your answer correct to 1 decimal place. End of Practice

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Homework Quadratic Equations I 1. The following expressions are perfect squares. Find the value of k, where k > 0, in each case and write down the perfect square. (a) 25x2 30x + k, (b) 4x2 kxy + 36y2. 2. Solve the following equations. (a) x2 x = 6, (b) x2 x = 7.

3. The diagram represents a plot of land. It is made up of two squares ABFG and BCDE with a total area of 85 m2. The side of the bigger square is 1 m longer than the side of the smaller square, x m. Form an equation in x and show that it reduces to x2 + x 42 = 0. Hence, solve the equation and find the length of AC. A B C

G 4. Solve the equation

F E D

2x 1 4 + = 2 . x 3 x 2 x 5x + 6

5. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The table below shows the corresponding values of x and y of the equation y = 6x2 7x 5. x y 2 a 1 b 0 c 1 d 2 e 3 f

(a) Find the value of a, of b, of c, of d, of e and of f. (b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to represent 5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y = 6x2 7x 5 for 2 x 3. (c) Use your graph to solve the following equations. (i) 6x2 7x 5 = 0, (ii) 6x2 7x 15 = 0. 6. In a triangle ABC, ABC is a right angle. AB is 1 m less than AC, x m, and BC is 2 m less than AB. Form an equation in x and show that it reduces to x2 8x + 10 = 0. Hence, solve the equation and find the area of the triangle. 7. The height of a rectangular plastic block, h cm, is 1 cm more than its breadth and 2 cm less than its length. The total surface area of the block is 200 cm2. Form an equation in h and show that it reduces to 3h2 + 2h 102 = 0. Hence, solve the equation and find the volume of the block. End of Homework
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