Quadratics

1. 4.

2.1
x² + 9x + 5 = 0
One solution to the given equation can be
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written as x = 2 , where k is a constant.
What is the value of k?
2.2

3.
What is the sum of the solutions of
(2x – 3)2 = 4x + 5?
5. 6.

7. 8.
9. 10.

Which of the following could be an equation of

the parabola in the xy-plane above? If a, b, and c are positive constants, which of the
A) y = x (x + 4) following could define the function r?
B) y = (x + 1) (x + 4) A) r(x)= –a(x – b)² + c
C) y = 2(x – 1) (x + 4) B) r(x)= – a(x + b)² + c
D) y = 2(x – 1 )(x – 4) C) r(x)= a(x – b)² + c
D) r(x)= a(x + b)² + c
11. 12.
f(x) = –x² + 6x + 20
The function f is defined above. Which of the
following equivalent forms of f(x) displays the
maximum value of f as a constant or coefficient?
A) f(x) = – (x – 3)2+11 C) f(x) = – (x + 3)2 + 11
B) f(x)= –(x – 3)2 + 29 D) f(x) = – (x + 3)2 +29
13.
y= a(x – 3) (x – k)
In the quadratic equation above, a and k are
constants. If the graph of the equation in the xy-
plane is a parabola with vertex (5, –32), what is the
value of a?
A) 2 B) 5 C) 6 D) 8

14. 15.
P = m² – 100m – 120,000 In the xy-plane, a parabola has vertex (3, 1) and
intersects the x-axis at two points. If the equation
of the parabola is written in the form y = –ax² + bx
The monthly profit of a mattress company can
+ c, where a, b, and c are constants, which of the
be modeled by the equation above, where P is
following could be a value of c?
the profit, in dollars, and m is the number of
mattresses sold. What is the minimum number A) – 8 B) 2 C) 3 D) 7
of mattresses the company must sell in a given
month so that it does not lose money during that
month?
16. 17.
x – ax + 12 = 0
2
When a buffet restaurant charges $12.00 per meal,
In the equation above, a is a constant and a > 0. If the the number of meals it sells per day is 400. For
equation has two integer solutions, what is a possible each $0.50 increase to the price per meal, the
value of a? number of meals sold per day decreases by 10.
What is the price per meal that results in the
greatest sales, in dollars, from meals each day?
A. $16.00 Β. $20.00
C. $24.00 D. $28.00
18. 19.
A café manager found that when cups of tea were sold The total distance d, in meters, traveled by an
for $1.00, a total of 50 cups of tea were sold each day. object moving in a straight line can be modeled by
For every $0.10 increase in the price of a cup of tea, a quadratic function that is defined in terms of t,
1 less cup of tea was sold each day. Which equation where t is the time in seconds. At a time of 10
models the total amount collected S, in dollars, from seconds, the total distance traveled by the object is
tea sales each day, where x is the number of $0.10 50 meters, and at a time of 20 seconds, the total
price increases? distance traveled by the object is 200 meters. If the
A) S = (1.00 + x)(50 - x) object was at a distance of 0 meters when t = 0,
then what is the total distance traveled, in meters,
B) S = (1.00 + x)(50 + x)
by the object after 30 seconds?
C) S = (1.00 + 0.10x) (50 – x)
D) S = (1.00 + 0.10x) (50 + x)
20. 21.
S(t) = 158t – 771t + 10,268
2
The function f is defined by f(x) = ax2 + bx + c,
The number of students enrolled in a certain where a, b, and c are constants. The graph of y =
university t years after 1969 can be modeled by the f(x) in the xy-plane passes through the points (9,
function S above, for 0 < t ≤ 33. The constant term 0) and (-2, 0). If a is an integer greater than 1,
10,268 in the function is an estimate for which of the which of the following could be the value of a +
following? b?
A) The number of students enrolled in 1969 A) 8 B) 7
B) The number of students enrolled in 2002 C) –6 D) –18
C) The number of additional students enrolled each
year
D) The maximum number of students enrolled in a
single year from 1969 through 2002
22. 23.
What is the function that has a minimum value of f(t)= –0.34 (t – 5.51)² + 8.26
‘m’? The function g above models the growth rate of a
A. y = –(x – m)2 B. y = x2 + m certain plant, in millimeters per day (mm/day), in
C. y = (x – m)2 D. y = –x2 + m terms of the watering time t, in minutes per day
(min/day). What is the meaning of (5.51, f(5.51))
in this context?
A) The watering time of 5.51 min/day results in a
plant growth rate of g (5.51) mm/day.
B) The plant growth rate of 5.51 mm/day results
in a watering time of f(5.51) min/day.
C) The watering time increases by f(5.51) min/day
for every 5.51 mm/day increase in growth rate.
D) The growth rate increases by f(5.51) mm/day
for every 5.51 min/day increase in watering time.
 Home work: Quadratics
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7. 8.
y = –3x² – 58
y = px – 46
In the given system of equations, p is a constant.
The graphs of the equations in the given system
intersect at exactly one point, (x, y) in the xy-
plane. Which of could be the value of x?
A) –2 B) –4 C) 12 D) 16
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9.4 (using information above)

9.1 (using information above)

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9.2 (using information above)

11.
A quadratic function models the height, in feet, of an object about the ground in terms of the time, in
seconds, after the object is launched off an elevated surface. The model indicates that the object has an
initial height of 2 feet about the ground and reaches its maximum height of 258 feet above the ground 4
seconds, what is the height, in feet, of the object above the ground 6 seconds after being launched?

A. 58 B. 194 C. 252 D. 254