Algebra II : Quadratic Inequalities

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, is the shading on the graph inside or outside the circle?

Possible Answers:

Outside

Inside

Can't Tell

Both

Correct answer:

Outside

Explanation:

Check the center of the circle to see if that point satisfies the inequality.

When evaluating the function at the center (1,1), we see that it does not satisfy the equation, so it cannot be in the shaded region of the graph.

Therefore the shading is outside of the circle.

Example Question #5 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, which point is not on the edge of the circle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is a graph of a circle with radius of 6 and a center of (-2,4). The point (2,2) is not on the edge of the circle, so that is the correct answer. All other points are exactly 6 units away from the circle's center, making them a part of the circle.

Example Question #6 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, which point satisfies the inequality?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The left side of the equation must be greater than or equal to 36 in order to satisfy the equation, so plugging in each of the values for x and y, we see:

Therefore only  yields an answer that is greater than or equal to 36.

Example Question #1 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, does the center satisfy the equation?

Possible Answers:

No

Can't tell

Maybe

Yes

Correct answer:

No

Explanation:

The center of the circle is , so plugging those values in for x and y yields the response,

 

Therefore, the center does not satisfy the inequality. 

Example Question #1 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, is the shading on the graph inside or outside the circle?

Possible Answers:

Inside

Outside

Both

Can't tell

Correct answer:

Outside

Explanation:

Check the center of the circle to see if that point satisfies the inequality. When evaluating the function at the center (-2,4), we see that it does not satisfy the equation, so it cannot be in the shaded region of the graph. Therefore the shading is outside of the circle.

Example Question #9 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, which point is not on the edge of the circle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the equation of a circle:

 where r is the radius and (h,k) is the center of the circle.

This is a graph of a circle with radius of 2 and a center of (-4,-3). The point (2,3) is not on the edge of the circle, so that is the correct answer.

All other points are exactly 2 units away from the circle's center, making them a part of the circle's edge.

Example Question #10 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, which point satisfies the inequality?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The left side of the equation must be less than or equal to 4 in order to satisfy the equation, so plugging in each of the values for x and y, we see:

The only point that satisfies the inequality is the point (-3,-2), since it yields an answer that is less than or equal to 4.

Example Question #11 : Quadratic Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, does the center satisfy the equation?

Possible Answers:

Yes

No

Can't tell

Maybe

Correct answer:

Yes

Explanation:

Recall the equation of circle:

 where r is the radius and the center of the circle is at (h,k).

The center of the circle is (-4,-3), so plugging those values in for x and y yields the response that 0 is less than or equal to 4, which is a true statement, so the center does satisfy the inequality. 

Example Question #12 : Quadratic Inequalities

Given the above circle inequality, is the shading on the graph inside or outside the circle?

Possible Answers:

Inside

Both

Can't Tell

Outside

Correct answer:

Inside

Explanation:

Check the center of the circle to see if that point satisfies the inequality. When evaluating the function at the center (-4,-3), we see that it does satisfy the equation, so it can be in the shaded region of the graph. Therefore the shading is inside of the circle.

Example Question #13 : Graphing Circular Inequalities

What is the -intercept of 

Possible Answers:

There are no -intercepts of this function. 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The -intercepts of a function are the points where . When we substitute this into our equation, we get: 

Adding nine to both sides, 

Modifying the equation to get like bases get us,

Since .

Now we can set the exponents equal to eachother and solve for .

Thus, 

Giving us our final solution: 

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