IM Alg1.7.9 Practice: Solving Quadratic Equations by Using Factored Form
Find all the solutions to each equation.
Rewrite each equation in factored form and solve using the zero product property.
Here is how Elena solves the quadratic equation . Is her work correct? If you think there is an error, explain the error and correct it. Otherwise, check her solutions by substituting them into the original equation and showing that the equation remains true.
Jada is working on solving a quadratic equation, as shown here.
Explain the mistake that Jada made and show the correct solutions.
She thinks that her solution is correct because substituting 5 for in
the original expression gives , which is or 0.
Choose a statement to correctly describe the zero product property. If and are numbers, and , then:
Which expression is equivalent to ?
These quadratic expressions are given in standard form. Rewrite each expression in factored form. If you get stuck, try drawing a diagram in the applet below.
Select all the functions whose output values will eventually overtake the output values of function defined by .
A piecewise function, p, is defined by this rule:
Find the value of at each given input.