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Review of the General Formula

To solve the proposed exercises, we’ll use the general formula for quadratic equations:

This formula is used to solve any second-degree equation of the form:

   where 

Using this method is very simple — we just need to set the equation equal to zero and substitute the values of a, b, and c into the formula.

When solving a quadratic equation, three scenarios are possible:

  • There are two values for the variable x that satisfy the equation.
  • There is only one solution.
  • The solution does not belong to the set of real numbers.

Quadratic Equation Exercises

1

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

2

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

3

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has no solution in the real numbers

4

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has no solution in the real numbers

5

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two equal real solutions

 

 
6

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

7

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

8

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has only one real solution

 

9

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has no solution in the real numbers.

10

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has only one real solution.

 

11

Solution

1 We move all terms to one side of the equation to have it in the form

 

 

2 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

3 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 The equation has only one real solution.

 

12

Solution

1 We solve the binomial squared

 

 

2 We move all terms to one side and group them to write the equation in the form

 

3 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

 

4 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 The equation has two real solutions.

 

 

13

Solution

1 In this case, we can divide both sides of the equation by 7 to simplify it

 

 

2 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

 

3 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 The equation has two real solutions.

 

 

14

Solution

1 We multiply both sides by −1 to obtain an equivalent equation with a > 0

 

 

 

2 The equation has no real solutions

15

Solution

1 We use the distributive property to operate the parenthesis and obtain:

 

 

2 We operate and move everything to the first member

 

 

3 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

4 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 The equation has two real solutions.

 

16

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

 

17

Solution

1 We solve the binomial squared

 

 

2 We move all terms to one side and group them to write the equation in the form

 

 

3 We divide both sides of the equation by 2 to simplify it

 

 

4 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

5 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 The equation has two real solutions.

 

18

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

19

Solution

1 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

2 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 The equation has two distinct real solutions

 

 

20

Solution

1 We multiply the first member of the equation by 6, and the last by 2 to eliminate the denominator (6), and thus we obtain:

 

 

2 We identify the values of a, b and c

 

 

3 We substitute in the general formula and solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 The equation has two real solutions.

 

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