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Lesson
Practice B
1.8 For use with the lesson Use the Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant

Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation.

Lesson 1.8
1. x 2 2 3x 1 5 5 0 2. 2x 2 1 x 1 2 5 0 3. 4x 2 2 9x 1 2 5 0

4. 23x 2 1 6x 2 3 5 0 5. 3x 2 1 3x 2 1 5 0 6. 7x 2 2 4x 1 5 5 0

Find the discriminant and use it to determine if the solution has one real,
two real, or two imaginary solution(s).
7. x 2 1 4x 1 3 5 0 8. x 2 2 2x 1 4 5 0

9. x 2 2 2x 1 1 5 0 10. 3x 2 1 2x 2 1 5 0

11. 2x 2 2 x 5 4 12. 5x 2 2 4x 1 1 5 3x 1 4

Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.

13. x 2 1 4x 2 2 5 0 14. 2x 2 2 5x 2 2 5 0

15. x 2 1 2x 5 4x 16. 26x 2 1 3x 1 2 5 3

17. 2x 2 1 1 5 25x2 1 4x 18. 2(x 2 3) 2 5 22x 1 9

19. 2.5x 2 2 2.8x 5 0.4 20. 4.8x 2 5 5.2x 1 2.7

Solve the equation using the quadratic formula. Then solve the equation
by factoring to check your solution(s).
21. x 2 2 2x 2 24 5 0 22. x 2 2 2x 1 1 5 0
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23. 2x 2 2 9x 1 9 5 0 24. 6x 2 1 17x 1 5 5 0

25. 10x 2 1 x 5 2 26. 6x 2 5 5x 1 6

27. New Carpet You have new carpeting installed in Tack strip
a rectangular room. You are charged for 28 square
x
yards of carpet and 60 feet (20 yards) of tack strip.
Tack strip is used along the perimeter to secure the
carpet in place. Do you think these figures are 10 2 x
correct? Explain your answer.

In Exercises 2831, use the following information.

Launched Object An object is launched upward with an initial velocity of 64 feet per
second from a platform 80 feet high.
28. Write a height model for the object.

29. How many seconds until the maximum height is reached?

30. What will be the maximum height?

31. How many seconds until the object hits the ground?

Algebra 2
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 Lesson 1.8 Use the Quadratic square root of a negative number, so the function
Formula and the Discriminant has no real roots. Therefore, a discriminant with
a positive value means there are two solutions, a
Teaching Guide
discriminant with a value of zero means there is
1. y
one solution, and a discriminant with a negative

answers
2
value means there are no real solutions.
Practice Level A
1 x
1. 2x 2 1 x 1 4 5 0; a 5 2, b 5 1, c 5 4
2. x 2 2 2x 2 3 5 0; a 5 1, b 5 22, c 5 23
Because the graph has two x-intercepts, the
3. 4x 2 1 3x 1 2 5 0; a 5 4, b 5 3, c 5 2
equation x2 1 4x 1 2 5 0 has two solutions.
4. 2x 2 2 6x 1 9 5 0; a 5 2, b 5 26, c 5 9
2. y

5. 27 6. 27 7. 0 8. 17 9. 16 10. 224
11. 12; two real 12. 0; one real
13. 216; two imaginary 14. 1; two real
1

1 x
15. 28; two imaginary 16. 49; two real

Because the graph has one x-intercept, the 17. 33; two real 18. 271; two imaginary
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equation x2 1 4x 1 4 5 0 has one solution. 5 17 3 5 4
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3 34. 21, 2 35. 23, 22 36. 22, 4
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equation x2 1 4x 1 6 5 0 has no solution.

3 1
4. Sample answer: By changing the value of c, 2 39. 21, }
37. 26, 21 38. 22, } 3 40. 3.2
the graph of y 5 x2 1 4x 1 c moves vertically up
and down in the coordinate plane. If the graph is 41. 4.5 42. about 3.2 sec
moved vertically up enough, it will not have an Practice Level B
x-intercept and the equation x2 1 4x 1 c 5 0 will 1. 211 2. 215 3. 49 4. 0 5. 21 6. 2124
not have a solution. 5. A quadratic solution can
have 0, 1, or 2 solutions. 7. 4; two real 8. 212; two imaginary
9. 0; one real 10. 16; two real
Investigating Algebra Activity
11. 215; two imaginary 12. 109; two real
1. a. 2 b. 2 c. 1 d. 1 e. 0 f. 0 }
5
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2. In parts (a) and (b), there are 2 solutions. 13. 22 6
6 14. }
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15. 0, 2
4 4
The value of the discriminant is positive. 1
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3. In parts (c) and (d), there is 1 solution.
The value of the discriminant is 0. 19. 20.13, 1.25 20. 20.38, 1.47 21. 24, 6
4. In parts (e) and (f), there are no solutions. 3 5 1 1 2
22. 1 23. }
2, 3 24. 2}2, 2}3 25. 2}2, }
5
The value of the discriminant is negative.
5. Because the discriminant is under the radical 2 3
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sign, you must take the square root of its value. 3 2
The square root of a positive number is a real 27. No. The area of the room is x(10 2 x) and can
number, so the function has a positive and a be expressed as x(10 2 x) 5 28 which has no real
negative root. The square root of zero is zero, so solutions. 28. h 5 216t 2 1 64t 1 80 29. 2 sec
the function has one root. You can not take the 30. 144 ft 31. 5 sec

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