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TTMath School

Level 4: Class 1

1. Completing the square.


(a) Completing the constant term.
(b) Completing the linear term.
2. Vieta’s formula: The roots of a quadratic, ax2 + bx + c = 0, can be related to its coefficient. Specifically, if α
and β are the two roots then
b
α+β =−
a
c
αβ =
a

Homework
Complete the following problems. Remember to simplify your answer. Do not use a calculator.
1. Textbook reference and additional practice: Intermediate Algebra: Chapter 1 and 4.
7x2 −4x+4
2. Find the range of f (x) = x2 +1 .

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3. Solve the equation x2 + x2 = 10. Express your answers without nested square roots.

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4. If x2 = 8x + y and y 2 = x + 8y, then find the value of x2 + y 2 .

5. How many pairs (x, y) of non-negative integers with 0 ≤ x ≤ y satisfy the equation 5x2 − 4xy + 2x + y 2 = 624?

6. Let f (x) = x2 + 10x + 20. Solve the equation f (f (f (f (x)))) = 0.

7. Let m and n be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0. Prove that if m2 + n2 = 1, then 2ac = b2 − a2 .

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8. A tennis player computes her “win percentage” by dividing the number of matches she has won by the total
number of matches she has played. At the start of a weekend, her win percentage is exactly .500. During the
weekend she plays four matches, winning three and losing one. At the end of the weekend her win percentage is
greater than .503. What is the largest number of matches that she could have won before the weekend began?

9. Find the real values of K for which the equation x = K(x − 1)(x − 2) has real roots.

10. A right triangle has both a perimeter and an area of 30. Find the side lengths of the triangle.

11. Find all pairs of real numbers (a, b) such that

(x − a)2 + (2x − b)2 = (x − 3)2 + (2x)2

for all x.

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x2 y y4z x8
12. If = 24 and = 30, find the value of .
z x (yz)5

13. Find constants a and b such that b − a is as small as possible, and the entire graph of the equation y =
(1 − x2 )/(1 + x2 ) lies within a < y ≤ b.

a+b b
14. Prove that if = then a and b can’t both be real numbers.
a a+b

p2 − 1
15. Find the absolute difference between the roots of x2 − px + = 0.
4

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16. Find all ordered pairs (x, y) that satisfy both x2 − xy = 6 and xy + y 2 = 4.

b−1
17. Let a and b be nonzero real numbers such that a2 + b2 + 2a + 1 = 2ab + 2b. Find the value of .
a

18. Find all ordered pairs (r, s) that satisfy both s2 − 1 = 4r2 + 4r and 4r2 + s2 = 1 + 3rs.

19. Prove that if (r + 1)(s + 1) = 13, then there is some constant c such that r and s are roots of the quadratic
equation x2 − cx + (12 − c) = 0.

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20. Find all real solutions (x, y) of the system x2 + y = 12 = y 2 + x.

a+b
21. Let a and b be real numbers such that 0 < a < b and a2 + b2 = 6ab. Find .
a−b

22. Find all the values of m for which the zeros of 2x2 − mx − 8 differ by m − 1.

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