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

Find the discriminant and use it to determine if the solution has one real,
Lesson 1.8

two real, or two imaginary solution(s).

1. x 2 1 4x 2 1 5 0 2. x 2 2 2x 1 1 5 0

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

5. 23x 2 1 9x 5 4 6. 10x 2 2 2x 1 2 5 3x 2 4

Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.

7. x 2 1 5x 2 2 5 0 8. 2x 2 2 3x 1 2 5 0

1
9. }4x 2 1 5x 2 4 5 0 10. 2x 2 1 2x 5 4x 2 1

1
11. 22x 2 1 3x 1 2 5 22x 2 1 12. }x 2 2 3x 1 2 5 3x 2 1
2
2 1
13. 2x 2 1 1 5 26x 2 2 x 14. }x 2 2 2 5 }
2x 1 1
3
3 4 4
15. 2.5x 2 2 3.3x 5 1.2x 2 1.5 16. }(x 2 1) 2 5 2}x 1 }
4 3
5

17. 5.5x 2 2 2.8x 5 1.7x 2 1 1.4 18. 3.8x 2 5 4.7x 2 2.1

Use the discriminant to find all values of b for which the equation has one
real solution.

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19. x 2 2 bx 1 4 5 0 20. 3x 2 1 bx 1 5 5 0 21. 2x 2 2 bx 2 9 5 0

Use the discriminant to find all values of c for which the equation has two
real solutions.
22. 3x 2 2 4x 1 c 5 0 23. 2x 2 1 5x 1 c 5 0 24. 2x 2 2 x 2 c 5 0

25. Road Trip You drove 180 miles at a constant rate of speed. If you had driven
15 miles per hour faster, you would have traveled the same distance in an hour less.
How fast did you drive?

In Exercises 2629, use the following information.

Vertical Motion Three objects are launched from the top of a 220 foot platform. The first
object is launched upward at 25 feet per second. The second object is dropped. The third
object is launched downward at 15 feet per second.
26. Write a height model for the first object.

27. Write a height model for the second object.

28. Write a height model for the third object.

29. How many seconds until each object hits the ground?

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 Lesson 1.8 Use the Quadratic b. A profit of 10 million dollars is not possible
Formula and the Discriminant, because when you solve the equation
10,000,000 5 20.0001x2 1 55x 2 150,000 for x,
continued
you obtain two imaginary solutions. 8. a. about
Practice Level C 15.2 sec b. about 2.6 sec c. Because it takes
1. 20; two real 2. 0; one real 3. 1; two real longer for the rock to hit the surface on the moon,
the gravity on Earth is stronger than it is on the
4. 220; two imaginary 5. 33; two real
} moon.
5 33
6. 2215; two imaginary 7. 2}6 }
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2 10 10 1. Answers will vary. 2. Answers will vary.
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19. b 5 64 20. b 5 62 15 21. no solution
4 25 1
22. c < }
3 23. c < }
8 24. c > 2}8 25. 45 mi/h
26. h 5 216t 2 1 25t 1 220
27. h 5 216t 2 1 220 3. 4.
28. h 5 216t 2 2 15t 1 220
29. 1st object: about 4.57 sec; 2nd object:
about 3.71 sec; 3rd object: about 3.27 sec
Study Guide
5. 6.

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} 3 } 1 3
1. 22 6 6 2. 2 6 } 22 3. 2}2 4. }
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1 6 3i 3
5. 2 6 i 6. }
2 7. 8; 2 real solutions
8. 0; 1 real solution 9. 27; two imaginary
solutions 7. inside 8. outside 9. outside 10. inside
Interdisciplinary Application Practice Level A
1. 70 ft/sec 2. about 76.6 ft 3. 4.375 sec 1. solution 2. solution 3. not a solution
4. 150 ft/sec 5. about 351.6 ft 6. 9.375 sec 4. not a solution 5. solution 6. not a solution
Challenge Practice 7. C 8. E 9. A 10. B 11. D 12. F
2
1. 7x 2 9x 2 6 5 0 2. 8x 1 3x 2 11 5 0 2 13. y
14. y

3. a. k < 0 or k > 1 b. k 5 0 or k 5 1 c. 0 < k < 1

1 2
1 1
4. a. 2}< k < }
3and k 0 1 x 2 x
3
1 1
b. k 5 2}or k 5 } 3or k 5 0
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1 1 15. y
16. y
c. k < 2}or k > }3
3 1 x
1 21
2 2 2 2
5. q 1 4p ; two real solutions 6. p 2 4q ; no 1 x
real solutions
7. a. P 5 20.0001x2 1 55x 2 150,000

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