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An Example

A quadratic equation is an equation of the form

displaymath81

The solutions to a quadratic equation can be found using the quadratic formula:

displaymath82

Use the quadratic formula to solve the following equations:

  1. tex2html_wrap_inline85 .
  2. tex2html_wrap_inline87 .
  3. tex2html_wrap_inline89 .
  4. tex2html_wrap_inline91 .
  5. tex2html_wrap_inline93 .
  6. tex2html_wrap_inline95 .
  7. tex2html_wrap_inline97 .
  8. tex2html_wrap_inline99 .
  9. tex2html_wrap_inline101 .

Write down as many thoughts and questions that come to mind as you can.



Carl Lee
Wed Sep 16 09:09:16 EDT 1998