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Solving Using Completing The Square PDF

This document contains a video and exercises on solving quadratic equations using completing the square. It includes 6 questions with multiple parts asking students to solve quadratic equations in various forms using completing the square. It also includes additional application questions asking students to apply completing the square to problems related to areas, points of intersection, and establishing the quadratic formula. The document is from a website providing math instructional videos and exercises.

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Solving Using Completing The Square PDF

This document contains a video and exercises on solving quadratic equations using completing the square. It includes 6 questions with multiple parts asking students to solve quadratic equations in various forms using completing the square. It also includes additional application questions asking students to apply completing the square to problems related to areas, points of intersection, and establishing the quadratic formula. The document is from a website providing math instructional videos and exercises.

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Quadratics: Solving using Completing the Square


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Question 1: Solve each of the equations below using completing the square

(a) x² + 6x + 8 = 0 (b) x² + 10x + 24 = 0 (c) x² + 14x + 40 = 0

(d) x² − 4x − 45 = 0 (e) x² − 12x + 35 = 0 (f) x² − 2x − 3 = 0

(g) x² + 14x − 51 = 0 (h) x² − 6x − 16 = 0 (i) x² − 2x + 1 = 0

Question 2: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square

(a) x² + 5x + 4 = 0 (b) x² − 3x − 18 = 0 (c) x² + x − 12 = 0

(d) x² − 7x + 12 = 0 (e) x² − 11x + 24 = 0 (f) x² − 7x − 30 = 0

Question 3: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² + 4x − 3 = 0 (b) x² + 6x − 10 = 0 (c) x² − 2x − 5 = 0

(d) x² − 10x + 1 = 0 (e) x² + 8x + 3 = 0 (f) x² − 8x − 22 = 0

(g) x² + 20x + 7 = 0 (h) x² − 12x + 1 = 0 (i) x² − 30x − 100 = 0

Question 4: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² + x − 7 = 0 (b) x² − 3x + 1 = 0 (c) x² + 11x − 5 = 0

(d) x² − 7x + 9 = 0 (e) x² − x − 50 = 0 (f) x² + 13x + 1 = 0

Question 5: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² − 4x + 1 = 10 (b) x² + 2x + 5 = 20 − 8x (c) 3x² = 2x² + x + 7

(d) x² + 6x + 4 = 2x² + 8x − 1 (e) (f)

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Video 267a on www.corbettmaths.com

Question 6: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square

(a) 5x² + 30x − 10 = 0 (b) 2x² + 7x + 3 = 0 (c) 3x² + 12x − 2 = 0

(d) 2x² − 3x − 7 = 0 (e) 5x² + 2x − 8 = 0 (f) 10x² − 2x − 1 = 0

Apply

Question 1: Find the points where the curve y = x² + 10x + 3 meets:


(a) the y-axis
(b) the x-axis

Question 2: The length of a rectangle is 20cm longer than its width.


The area of the rectangle is 1000cm²
Find the width and length of the rectangle.
Give your answers in surd form.

Question 3: Abby is trying to solve x² + 4x + 15 = 0


By using completing the square, explain why there are no (real) solutions

Question 4: The curve y = x² + 8x − 1 meets the x-axis at the points A and B


The point C is (2, 5)
Find the area of triangle ABC

Question 5: James has solved the equation x² + ax + b = 0


His solutions are x = −3 + √17 and x = −3 − √17
Find a and b

Question 6: By using completing the square on ax² + bx + c = 0 to establish the quadratic


formula

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