Complete the following questions to practice the skills you have learned in this lesson.
- The following quadratic expressions all define the same function.
Select three statements that are true about the graph of this function.
- The -intercept is .
- The vertex is .
- The -intercepts are and .
- The -intercepts are and .
- The -intercept is .
- The -intercept is .
- The vertex is .
- The following expressions all define the same quadratic function.
- What is the value of the -coordinate of the -intercept of the graph of the function?
- Select two -intercepts of the graph.
- What is the -coordinate of the vertex of the graph?
- What is the -coordinate of the vertex of the graph?
- Is this an accurate graph of the function?
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No
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Yes
- Here is one way an expression in standard form is rewritten into vertex form.
Original expression
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Step 1 -
Step 2 -
Step 3 -
Step 4 -
- In Step 1, where did the number come from?
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Only the non-linear term was divided by 2.
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It is half of -7 being squared.
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Every term in the expression was divided by 2.
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It is the substitute value for .
- In Step 1, why was added and then subtracted?
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It is subtracted to complete the square. It is added to change the value of the expression.
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It is added to complete the square. It is subtracted to change the value of the expression.
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It is subtracted to complete the square. It is added to keep the value of the expression unchanged.
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It is added to complete the square. It is subtracted to keep the value of the expression unchanged.
- What happened in Step 2?
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The expression is added to keep the value of the expression unchanged.
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The expression, which is not a perfect square, is written as a squared expression.
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The expression, which is a perfect square, is written as a squared expression.
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The expression is subtracted to keep the value of the expression unchanged.
- What happened in Step 3?
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The constant term is written as a fraction so that it has a common denominator, which makes it easier to subtract.
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The linear term is written as a fraction so that it has a common denominator, which makes it easier to subtract.
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A random term was added to complete the square.
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The quadratic term is written as a fraction so that it has a common denominator, which makes it easier to subtract.
- What does the last expression tell us about the vertex of the graph of a function defined by this expression?
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The vertex of the graph is at .
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The vertex of the graph is at .
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The vertex of the graph is at .
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The vertex of the graph is at .
- Enter the missing number, including the sign, for the expression when is written in vertex form.
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- Enter the missing numbers, including the signs, for the expression when is written in vertex form.
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in the place of the letter a?
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, for the letter b?
- Enter the missing numbers, including the signs, for the expression when is written in vertex form.
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter a?
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter b?
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter c?
- Enter the missing numbers, including the signs, for the expression when is expanded to standard form.
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter a?
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter b?
- What is the value of the missing number, including the sign, in place of letter c?