Quadratic Functions 175

Exercises - Graphs of Quadratic Equations

3
Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following y
information.
y a ( x h) 2
y
5
y x2 6x 5
4
3
2
1 x
x O (4,0)
3 2 1O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2
3 In the xy - plane above, the parabola y a ( x h) 2
4
5 V has one x- intercept at (4, 0) . If the y - intercept
of the parabola is 9, what is the value of a ?
The graph of quadratic function y x 2 6 x 5 is
shown above.

1
Which of the following is an equivalent form
of the equation of the graph shown above, from
which the coordinates of vertex V can be
identified as constants in the equation? 4
In the xy - plane, if the parabola with equation
A) y ( x 1)( x 5) y a ( x 2) 2 15 passes through (1,3) , what
B) y ( x 1)( x 5) is the value of a ?

C) y x( x 6) 5

D) y ( x 3) 2 4

2
Which of the following is an equivalent form 5
of the equation of the graph shown above, that
The graph of the equation y a ( x 1)( x 5) is
displays the x- intercepts of the parabola as
constants? a parabola with vertex (h, k ) . If the minimum
value of y is 12 , what is the value of a ?
A) y ( x 1)( x 5)

B) y ( x 1)( x 5)

C) y x( x 6) 5

D) y ( x 3) 2 4
178 Chapter 11

Exercises – Factoring Trinomials

1 4

x2 2 x 24 3x 2 7x 6

Which of the following is equivalent to the Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above? expression above?

A) ( x 3)( x 8) A) (3 x 2)( x 3)

B) ( x 3)( x 8) B) (3 x 2)( x 3)

C) ( x 6)( x 4) C) (3 x 1)( x 6)

D) ( x 6)( x 4) D) (3 x 1)( x 6)

2 5

x 2 17 x 72 2 x2 x 15

Which of the following is equivalent to the Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above? expression above?

A) ( x 8)( x 9) A) (2 x 3)( x 5)

B) ( x 8)( x 9) B) (2 x 3)( x 5)

C) ( x 12)( x 6) C) (2 x 5)( x 3)

D) ( x 12)( x 6) D) (2 x 5)( x 3)

3 6

x 2 5 x 84 6 x2 x 2

Which of the following is equivalent to the Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above? expression above?

A) (12 x)( x 7) A) (6 x 1)( x 2)

B) (12 x)( x 7) B) (6 x 1)( x 2)

C) (21 x)( x 4) C) (3 x 2)(2 x 1)

D) (21 x)( x 4) D) (3 x 2)(2 x 1)

180 Chapter 11

Exercises – Factoring Differences of Squares and Perfect Square Trinomials

1 4

3x 2 48 If x y 10 and x y 4 , what is the value

2 2
Which of the following is equivalent to the of x y ?
expression above?
A) 20
A) 3( x 4)( x 4) B) 24
C) 36
B) 3( x 4) 2
D) 40
C) (3 x 4)( x 4)

D) (3 x 4)( x 4)
5

6 x2 7 x 24 0
2 If r and s are two solutions of the equation
above and r s , which of the following is the
x 6 x 16
value of r s ?
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above? 7
A)
6

A) ( x 4) 2 16
B)
3
B) ( x 4)( x 4)
25
C)
C) ( x 8)( x 2) 6

D) ( x 8)( x 2) 20
D)
3

3 6

If x 2 y2 10 and xy 3 , what is the value x 2 3x 28

2
of ( x y) ?
If r and s are two solutions of the equation
above, which of the following is the value of
A) 12 r s?
B) 16
A) 3
C) 20
B) 3
D) 25
C) 6
D) 9
182 Chapter 11

Exercises - Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

1 4

If x 2 10 x 75 and x 0 , what is the value k2

x2 rx
of x 5 ? 4

A) 15 In the quadratic equation above, k and r are

are constants. What are the solutions for x ?
B) 10
C) 5
r k2 2r 2
D) 0 A) x
4 4

r k 2 8r 2
B) x
2 4
2
r k2 r2
k C) x
If x 2 kx 20 and x 6 , which of the 4 2
2
following is a possible value of x ? r k2 r2
D) x
2 2
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6 5
D) 8
If ( x 7)( x s ) x 2 rx 14 for all values of x ,
what is the value of r s ?

3
k
x2 x 5
3

Which of the following is an equivalent form of the

equation shown above, from which the equation
could be solved by completing the square?
6
k k k 3
A) x 2 x 5 If x 2 x c ( x k ) 2 , what is the value of c ?
3 6 6 2
k k2 k2
B) x 2 x 5
3 9 9

k k2 k2
C) x 2 x 5
3 36 36

k k2 k2
D) x 2 x 5
3 6 6
Quadratic Functions 185

Exercises - Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant

1 4

( p 1) x 2 2 x ( p 1) 0 y bx 3
y ax 2 7 x
In the quadratic equation above, p is a constant.
What are the solutions for x ? In the system of equations above, a and b are
constants. For which of the following values of
a and b does the system of equations have exactly
1 2 p2 1 2 p2 two real solutions?
A) and
p 1 p 1

1 2p A) a 3, b 2
B) and 1
p 1 B) a 5, b 0
p 1 C) a 7, b 2
C) and 1
p 1
D) a 9, b 4
p 1 2p 1
D) and
p 1 p 1

2 5
What is the sum of all values of x that satisfy What are the solutions to x 2 4 6x ?
2
3x 12 x 29 0?
A) 3 13
A) 4
B) 3 5
B) 2
C) 2 C) 6 5

D) 4 D) 6 13

3 6

If the quadratic equation kx 2 6 x 4 0 has Which of the following equations has no real
exactly one solution, what is the value of k ? solution?

3 A) 5 x 2 10 x 6
A)
2 B) 4 x 2 8 x 4 0
5
B) C) 3 x 2 5 x 3
2
1 2
7 D) x 2x 2 0
C) 3
4
9
D)
4
Quadratic Functions 187

Exercises - Solving Systems Consisting Linear and Quadratic Equations

1 3
y y f ( x)
V
16
(0, )
3
( a, b) ( a, b)

y g ( x)

x x
( 4,0) O (2,0) O

The function f and g , defined by f ( x) 2 x2 2

The xy - plane above shows two x- intercepts, and g ( x) 2
2 x 18 , are graphed in the xy - plane
a y - intercept and vertex V of a parabola. If above. The two graphs intersect at the points (a, b)
the line passes through the points (2, 0) and V , and ( a, b) . What is the value of b ?
which of the following must be the y - intercept
of the line?
A) 6

A) 3 B) 8

7 C) 10
B)
2 D) 12
C) 4
9
D)
2
4

x2 y2 14
2 x2 y 2

y x2 x If ( x, y ) is a solution to the system of equations

y ax 1
above, what is the value of x 2 ?

In the system of equations above, a 0 . If the

system of equations has exactly one real solution, A) 2
what is the value of a ? B) 3
C) 4
5
A) D) 5
2
B) 3
7
C)
2
D) 4