Zusammenfassung der Ressource
solving quadratics
- Factorisation
- Means putting it into 2 brackets
- standard quadratic is ax² + bx + c = 0
- EXAMPLE 1
- solve x² - x = 12
- x² - x - 12 = 0
- (x )(x ) = 0
- (x + 3)(x - 4)
- (x + 3) = 0
(x - 4) = 0
- x = -3
x = 4
- these are our answers
- we make each bracket equal
zero to find the values
- We need to find two numbers that
multiply to give c (which in this case
is -12) and add to give b (which is 1)
- 3 x -4 = -12
3 + -4 = -1
- This is a template for out brackets
- To solve, it must always equal zero
- EXAMPLE 2
- solve 3x² + 7x -6 = 0
- in this case a (coefficient of x) is not 1
- tn = -18
- for this, we need two numbers that multiply
to get -18 ( -6 x 3 ) , and add to get 7
- 9 and -2
- These are our two numbers, 9 x -2 = -18, and 9 + -2 = 7
- 3x² + 9x -2x -6 = 0
- we replace the b value with our two numbers
- ,3x² + 9x, ,-2x -6,
- 3x(x + 3)
- -2(x + 3)
- (3x -2) (x + 3)
- x = -3 x = 2/3 / 6.67
- you then reverse the brackets and thats your two answers
- The two on each outside and put them in
a bracket, and the others in the bracket.
these are out two factorised brackets
- we then use the same numbers in the brackets with
the seconds two parts ( x+ 3), and then chose what
these are multiplied by and put it on the outside
- we then find a common denominator between
the first two parts, in this case, 3x. we then put
the two numbers inside the brackets
- we then separate it into two parts, the
first two bits, and the last two bits
- Quadratic formula
- -b ± √ b² - 4ac
x=____________________
2a
- example:
- solve 3x² + 7x = 1
- 3x² + 7x -1 = 0
- x = -7 ±√ 7²-(4 x 3 x -1)
_______________
2 x 3
- = -7 ± √ 49 + 12
___________
6
- = -7+√61
_______
6
- = -7-√61
_______
6
- you now have two equations
to put into the calculator
- x = 0.1350
- x = -2.468
- these are the two solutions
- 4 x 3 x -1 = -12, 7² - -12 is 49 + 12
- then we sub in the values into
the formula, a = 3, b = 7 and c = -1
- first put the equation into
the standard format
- completing the square
- convert your equation into the
standard format, ax² + bx + c = 0
- write out the initial bracket as (x + b/2)²
- multiply out the brackets and
compare it to the original equation
- than add or subtract a number to make
it identical to the original equation, add
this value on after the (x + b/2)²
- -HOWEVER- if a ≠ 1, before all of these steps, once your
equation is in the standard format divide it by a, and
have a on the outside of the rest of the equation in a
bracket to make the coefficient of x, 1. then continue
with the rest of the steps
- write 2x² + 5x + 9 in the form a( x + m)² + n
- 2x² + 5x + 9
- 2 (x² + 5/2 x) + 9
- 2 (x + 5/4)² = 2x² + 5x + 25/8
- 9 = 72/8
- 72/8 - 25/8 = 47/8
- 2 (x + 5/4)² + 47/8
- putting that on the end of the initial bracket
- finding out the value to add/subtract
to complete the square
- converting c to the same
fraction ( to make it easier )
- this is the initial bracket,
multiplied out
- take out a factor of two
- standard format
- Example:
- Quadratic graphs
- quadratic functions are the form y = anything with x²
- they all have a symmetrical bucket shape
- to complete a table of values from an
equation, you just sub in the x values, and
get the y value to get a point on a graph
- when sketching a graph, always
label the important points on it
- the solution to a quadratic are
the x intercepts on a graph