Unit 9 - Quadratics Flashcards

1
Q

What are the three ways of solving a quadratic equation?

A

Factorising
Completing the square
The formula

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2
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How many outcomes does a quadratic equation have?

A

2

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3
Q

What is he format of a quadratic equation?

A

Ax2 +- bx +- c = 0

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4
Q

What do you do first on a quadratic equation?

A

MAKE IS EQUAL TO 0

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5
Q

What do you need to find in a quadratic equation?

A

Numbers that add o one thing, and multiply to another.

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6
Q

What is a difference question?

A

+ -
OR
- -

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7
Q

When do you use the formula?

A

When the answers AREN’T whole numbers.

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8
Q

What is the quadratic formula?

A

-b +- square root of b2 - (4xaxc) all over 2a

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9
Q

What do you do first when using the formula?

A

Write out what A, B and C are.

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10
Q

What is the format for completing the square?

A

( x + b/2) 2

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11
Q

What is the second step for completing the square?

A

Expand it, and write the difference of c at the end.

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12
Q

What is different about simultaneous equations?

A

There are TWO unknowns

And there are TWO equations.

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13
Q

What is the easiest method of solving simulations equations?

A

Adding and subtracting.

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14
Q

What is the harder method for simultaneous equations?

A

Substitution.

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15
Q

What to inequalities have?

A

A symbol INSTEAD of an equals sign.

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16
Q

What does this sign mean:

A

MORE THAN

17
Q

What does this sign mean:

>

A

LESS THAN

18
Q

What can you show inequities on?

A

A number line

19
Q

What does a full fit on a number line mean?

A

That OR EQUAL to.

20
Q

What does an empty dot on a number line mean?

A

Not equal to.

No including the number.

21
Q

What happens when an inequality has a upper and lower limit?

A

Solve them SEPARATELY.

22
Q

What do you do to solve an inequality?

A

Move all the numbers to the higher numbers side, and the letters on the other.

23
Q

What happens when you multiply or divide by a negative number in an inequality?

A

YOU FLIP THE INEQUALITY SIGN.

24
Q

What do you do during substitution of simultaneous equations?

A

Rearrange one of the equations to EQUAL something.
SUBSTITUTE THE OTHER IN.
SOLVE.