MPM2D REVIEW OF QUADRATICS

1. Solve for x using the most appropriate method:

a) x 2  4 x  1  0 b) x 2  4 x  18  0 c) 2 x 2  3x  2  0
e) y  4 ( x  3)  36 f) ( x  7 ) 2  25  0
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d) c 2  c  6  0

2. If a ball is thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 50 m/s from a point 2 m above the
ground its height, h, above the ground in metres t seconds later is determined by the
formula: h  5t 2  50t  2 .
a) How high is the ball at 1 second?
b) When will the ball reach a height of 122 metres?
c) When will the ball strike the ground, to the nearest hundredth of a second?

3. A football is punted into the air. Its height, h, in metres, after t seconds is given by
h  4.9( t  2.4 )  29 .
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a) What was the height of the ball when it was kicked?

b) What was the maximum height of the ball? When did that occur?
c) How high was the ball after 2 seconds?
d) Was the ball still in the air after 5 seconds? Justify your answer with calculations.

4. Determine the number of zeros (x-intercepts) without solving:

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a) y  ( x  2 )  4 b) y  4 ( x  3) ( x  4) c) y  2 x 2  3x  1 d) y  2 x 2  6 x  4
2

5
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e) y  ( x)( x  3)
5

5. Answer the following questions:

a) State the direction of opening of y  3( x  1)( 5 x  1) . b) State the zeros for y  ( 4  x )( 3x  2)
c) State the y-intercept of y  2( x  5) 2 d) Find the vertex of y  1.5( x  2)( x  6)
e) What is the y-intercept of y  2 x  3
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f) State the direction of opening of y  2( x  7 )( 5  x ) .

g) If there are two real and different roots, what is known about the value of the discriminate?
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h) Find the eq’n of the axis of symmetry of y  ( x  2)( x  10) .
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6. For each of the following graphs find the equation in factored form.

a) b) c)

7. Find the equation of a quadratic function whose:

a) vertex is (3, 1) and pass through (-2, 4).
b) zeros are 5 and 1 and passes through point (2, 3)
8. Graph y  2( x  3)( x  7 ) and show work
below.

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9. What is the equation of a quadratic with x-intercepts  and , reflected over the x-axis and has a
2 7
vertical stretch of 4?

10. Sean threw a football to Alexander. The ball left Sean’s hand at a height of 2 meters. The ball reached
its maximum height 2 seconds after Sean released it and it hit the ground 3 seconds later.
Alexander touched the football with his fingertips 4.5 seconds after Sean threw it.
The parabola below shows this quadratic relation representing the relationship between the height of the
ball and the time elapsed from the moment Sean released it.

At what height was the ball when Alexander touched it?

11. Melanie was playing with a remote-controlled toy airplane. The plane took off from a balcony and
landed on the ground 8 minutes later. Three minutes after taking off, the plane reached a maximum
altitude of 10 metres. In the graph below, the plane's altitude as a function of time is represented by a
portion of a parabola. Altitude
(m)

10

How high off the ground is the balcony located?

?

0 Time
3 8
(min)
ANSWERS

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2.
3.a) 0.776 m b) 29 m, 2.4 s after being kicked c) 28.216 m d) no (reasons will vary)

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5.