Grade 10 Mathematics:
Standard Form
Key Points of the Unit:
-how to complete the square in a word problem
-how to use the quadratic formula
-quadratic formula in word problems
-how to graph using completing the square and quadratic formula.
Completing the square:
-Standard form of a quadratic is y = ax2+bx+c
-Since we have the sum (x+3) being squared, we can use the formula for the square of a sum to save time
-The formula for the square of a sum says that (a+b)2 = a2+2ab+b2
-For the formula, a = x and b = 3, so we get x2+6x+9 when we plug inUse the Distributive
Property to distribute the 2 through the parentheses
-y = 2x2+12x-4 is our equation in standard form
Completing the Square With a Word Problem.
Example 1: The height of the Peace Tower is 90m. The path of an object thrown from the Peace Tower can be modelled by the equation:
h =−5d2 +40d+90
where h is the height in metres and d is the horizontal distance in metres. At what horizontal distance did the object reach its maximum height?
h=-5d2 +40d +90
h=-5(d2 -8d) +90
h=-5(d2-8d +16 -16) +90
h=-5(d2-8d +16) +80 +90
h=-5(d-4)2 +170
At 4 meteres, it reaches the max height.
The Quadratic Formula:
For ax2 + bx + c = 0, the value of x is given by
x= -b +_ (b2 -4ac)
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The "solution" or "roots" or "zeroes" of a quadratic are usually required to be in the "exact" form of the answer. In the example above, the exact form is the one with the square roots of ten in it. You'll need to get a calculator approximation in order to graph the x-intercepts or to simplify the final answer in a word problem. But unless you have a good reason to think that the answer is supposed to be a rounded answer, always go with the exact form.
Quadratic formula with decimal
Solving a Linear graph using quadratic Formula and Completing the square
Learning Goals:
-I learned how to complete the square
-I learned how to use the quadratic formula
-I learned how to solve word problems using quadratic formula and completing the square
-I learned how to find the vertex and x-intercept using quadratic formula and x-intercept.