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

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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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