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CEMC's Open Courseware - Enrichment, Extension, and Application

1. This document provides 10 math exercises involving quadratic and cubic equations, functions, and inequalities. The exercises cover topics like finding the roots of quadratic equations, translating parabolas, relating coefficients to roots, intersecting lines and curves, and proving properties of polynomials and geometric sequences. 2. Several exercises ask students to show relationships between coefficients and roots of quadratic and cubic equations, or between the equations themselves. Other exercises involve finding integer or real solutions to pairs of equations, relating functions to their values, or determining values that satisfy given equations. 3. The final two exercises involve proving inequalities for expressions involving x4, y4, xy and determining values of x and y where the expressions are equal.
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CEMC's Open Courseware - Enrichment, Extension, and Application

1. This document provides 10 math exercises involving quadratic and cubic equations, functions, and inequalities. The exercises cover topics like finding the roots of quadratic equations, translating parabolas, relating coefficients to roots, intersecting lines and curves, and proving properties of polynomials and geometric sequences. 2. Several exercises ask students to show relationships between coefficients and roots of quadratic and cubic equations, or between the equations themselves. Other exercises involve finding integer or real solutions to pairs of equations, relating functions to their values, or determining values that satisfy given equations. 3. The final two exercises involve proving inequalities for expressions involving x4, y4, xy and determining values of x and y where the expressions are equal.
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Exercises

1. A quadratic function is of the form f (x) = x


2
+ bx + c . The roots of the equation f (x) = 0 are 1 and k. If f (2) = 5 ,
determine k.

2. The parabola y = x
2
− 2x + 4 is translated p units to the right and q units down. The x - intercepts of the resulting parabola
are 3 and 5. Determine the values of p and q.

b
3. a. For the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 , where a ≠ 0 , show that the sum of the roots is − and the product
a
c
of the roots is .
a

b. The roots of x2 + cx + d = 0 are a and b . The roots of x2 + ax + b = 0 are c and d. If a , b , c , and d are all non-
zero, determine the value of a + b + c + d .

4. Prove that the line with equation y = 2x − 1 does not intersect the curve with equation y = x
4
+ 3x
2
+ 2x .

5. a. If r1 , r2 , and r3 are the roots of the cubic equation ax3 + bx


2
+ cx + d = 0 , find equations which relate r1 , r2 ,

and r3 to the values of the coefficients, a , b , c , and d.

b. If a , b , and c are the roots of the equation x3 − 3x


2
+ mx + 24 = 0 and −a and −b are the roots of the equation
x
2
+ nx − 6 = 0 , find the value of n .

6. A quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 , where a , b , and c are not zero has real roots. Prove that a , b and c cannot be

consecutive terms of a geometric sequence. (Note: A geometric sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is
obtained from the previous term by multiplying it by a non-zero constant. For example, 3, 6, 12, 24, … is a geometric

sequence).

7. The function, max [a, b] , is defined to be the larger of a or b (if a = b , then max [a, b] = a = b ). If x is a real number, and
3 2
g(x) = −x + 11x − 24x

2
h(x) = −x + 6x + 8

f (x) = max[g(x), h(x)] (0 ≤ x ≤ 7)

determine the values of x for which f (x) = h(x) 0 ≤ x ≤ 7, .

8. The equations x2 + 5x + 6 = 0 and x2 + 5x − 6 = 0 each have integer solutions. However, only one of the equations in
the pair x and x has integer solutions.
2 2
+ 4x + 5 = 0 + 4x − 5 = 0

a. Show that if x2 + px + q = 0 and x2 + px − q = 0 both have integer solutions, then it is possible to find positive

integers a and b such that p (i.e., a, b, p is a Pythagorean triple).


2 2 2
= a + b

b. Determine q in terms of a and b .

9. Identify the degree of the polynomial and find the value of f (x) that satisfies the following:
a. f (x) − f (x − 1) = 4 with f (0) = 4

b. f (x) − 2f (x − 1) + f (x − 2) = 6 with f (1) = 6, f (0) = 1

10. If x and y are real numbers,

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a. Prove that x4 + 4y
4
+ 1 ≥ 4xy .

b. Determine all values of x and y for which x4 + 4y


4
+ 1 = 4xy .

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