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ACT Aspire Math: Finding a Quadratic Formula from Its Solution 4 Views


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Eonho applied the quadratic formula to a quadratic equation and obtained the solution .

Which of the following could be the quadratic equation that he solved?


Transcript

00:03

Match members Here we go Yon ho applied the quadratic

00:07

formula to a quadratic equation and obtained the solution X

00:11

equals negative Two plus minus ie temps grow two fifty

00:14

six all over ten Which of the following could be

00:16

the quadratic equation that he solved We're not totally sure

00:24

why yang ho won't simply tell us what the quadratic

00:27

equation he was working with woz But you know you

00:30

wonder why does he always have to make things difficult

00:33

Whatever We don't need your help The quadratic formula is

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x equals negative b plus or minus squared b squared

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minus four a c over to a remember that thing

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Well since yon ho used the quadratic formula we can

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deduce that negative b equals negative too So b equals

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two And looking at the denominator of yon house equation

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what we can see that two way is ten So

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is five Look at us where math detectives while the

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quadratic formula is applied to equations of the form a

01:01

x squared plus b x plus c is zero So

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at this point we know that yang ho could have

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started with the equation Five x squared plus two x

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plus c is zero where c is still unknown Well

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we could just find sea by setting negative fifty six

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equal to b squared minus four a C which is

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same as two squared minus four times Five si but

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well there's really no need because only one answer Choice

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has the desired values for a and b it's right

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there It's answer choice be so that's it Take that 00:01:30.083 --> [endTime] young ho

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