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Expand these:
1. (x + 2) (x + 2)
2. (x-2) (x-2)
3. (x + 2)
2
4. (x - 2)
2
What do you notice about the
answers to 1 and 3 and 2 and 4?
Why?
Can you spot a pattern when you
expand these:
(x - 1) (x + 1)
(x + 2) (x - 2)
(x + a) (x a)
Solve these:
(x + 2) (x + 3 ) = 0
(x + 3) (x - 3 ) = 0
(x - 1) (x - 4 ) = 0
Factorise and hence solve these:
x
2
+ 4x + 3 = 0
x
2
+ 2x 3 = 0
x
2
- 2x 3 = 0
Solve these using the quadratic
formula
Check that you have the same
answers as when you factorise
and solve
x
2
+ 4x + 3 = 0
x
2
+ 2x 3 = 0
x
2
- 2x 3 = 0
Now try this why cant this be
solved by factorising?
x
2
+ 4 x 3 = 0
Solve these by completing the
square
Check that you have the same
answers as when you factorised
and/or used the quadratic formula
to solve
x
2
+ 4x + 3 = 0
x
2
+ 2x 3 = 0
x
2
- 2x 3 = 0
x
2
+ 4 x 3 = 0
For each of the above state the line
of symmetry and the position of the
vertex.
Use the information above to sketch the graphs of the following:
x
2
+ 4x + 3 = 0 x
2
+ 2x 3 = 0 x
2
- 2x 3 = 0 x
2
+ 4 x 3 = 0