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Intermediate Algebra – Student Workbook – Second Edition 2013

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Lesson 5b Practice Problems<br />

1. Use your graphing calculator to help you determine the number and type of solutions to each<br />

of the quadratic equations below.<br />

a) Begin by putting the equations into standard form.<br />

b) Draw an accurate sketch of the parabola indicating the window you used.<br />

c) IF your solutions are real number solutions, use the graphing INTERSECT method to<br />

find them.<br />

d) Use proper notation to write the solutions and the x-intercepts of the parabola.<br />

e) Label the x-intercepts on your graph.<br />

a) x 2 <strong>–</strong> 6x + 9 = 0 b) 5x 2 + 4x <strong>–</strong> 5 = 0<br />

c) 2x 2 <strong>–</strong> 4x = 3 d) 3x 2 + 6x + 4 = 0<br />

Scottsdale Community College Page 227 <strong>Intermediate</strong> <strong>Algebra</strong>

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