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Example Questions
Example Question #341 : Algebra Ii
Solve using the quadratic formula:
Use the quadratic formula to solve:
Example Question #91 : Intermediate Single Variable Algebra
Solve using the quadratic formula:
Use the quadratic formula to solve:
Example Question #92 : Intermediate Single Variable Algebra
Solve using the quadratic formula:
Use the quadratic formula to solve:
Example Question #93 : Intermediate Single Variable Algebra
Solve using the quadratric formula:
Use the quadratic formula to solve:
Example Question #341 : Algebra Ii
A baseball that is thrown in the air follows a trajectory of , where is the height of the ball in feet and is the time elapsed in seconds. How long does the ball stay in the air before it hits the ground?
Between 2.5 and 3 seconds
Between 4 and 4.5 seconds
Between 3 and 3.5 seconds
Between 2 and 2.5 seconds
Between 3.5 and 4 seconds
Between 3 and 3.5 seconds
To solve this, we look at the equation .
Setting the equation equal to 0 we get .
Once in this form, we can use the Quadratic Formula to solve for .
The quadratic formula says that if , then
.
Plugging in our values:
Therefore or and since we are looking only for positive values (because we can't have negative time), 3.4375 seconds is our answer.
Example Question #1 : Solving Quadratic Inequalities
Solve the quadratric inequality:
Factor and solve.
Since the equation is less than or equal to, you know the inequality will be OR, not AND.
or
Example Question #2 : Solving Quadratic Inequalities
Solve the following quadratic inequality:
Factor and solve. Since the sign is less than or equal to, we know the inequality will be OR, not AND.
or
Example Question #41 : Solving Quadratic Equations
Solve the following quadratic inequality:
Use the quadratic formula to solve.
Since the inequality is greater than or equal to, we know the inequality will be AND, not OR.
Example Question #1 : Understanding Rational Expressions
Solve:
If varies directly as , and when , find when .
The formula for a direct variation is:
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #2 : Understanding Rational Expressions
If two boxes have the same depth and capacity, the length is inversely proportional to the width. One box is long and wide. A second box (same depth and capacity) is long. How wide is it?
The formula for an indirect variation is:
Plugging in our values, we get: