QUADRATIC EQUATION

GENERAL FORM for Q.E is ax

2
+bx +c =0
Solving Q.E ( finding the roots ) have 3 method :
a) Factorisation
b) Completing The Square (CTS)

c) Using a Formulae
= x
-b
b
2
-4ac
2a
1. Solve the quadratic equation with factorisation method .

a) x
2
7x + 12 = 0








c) 2x
2
+ 5x 3 = 0
b ) -x
2
+ 8x 15 = 0








d ) -6x
2
+ 11x -3 = 0





2. Solve the Quadratic Equation with CTS method.
b ) -x
2
+ 5x 6 = 0











d ) -2x
2
+ 7x 6 = 0





a ) x
2
+ 2x 8 = 0











b ) 2x
2
5x 3 = 0





3. Solve the quadratic equation and give the answer to 3 significant figure using the Formulae.


a) x
2
+ 5x 8 = 0 b) 2x
2
3x 4 = 0
If and are the roots for Quadratic Equation, then x = and x =

Forming a Quadratic Equation x
2
(SOR) x +(POR) =0
SOR is + and POR is x

When general form of Quadratic Equation is ax
2
+bx +c =0 ,

then SOR = and POR =

c) 3x
2
+ 2x 4 = 0 d) 4x(x+2) = 3
x
-b
b
2
-4ac
2a
-b
a
c
a
1. Form a quadratic equation with the given pair of roots.

a) 2 and 5 b) and


-2
5
1
4
2
5
-1
3
c) 3 and -2 d) and

2. a) Given that -2 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x
2
+5x p =0. Find the value of p.








b) Given that 3 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x
2
- 7x +k =0. Find the value of k.









c) Given that -8 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x
2
+(2m+2)x +m
2
=0. Find the values of m.
3. Given that mand n are the roots of the equation , x
2
+x 6 =0. Form a new equation for the new roots
2mand 2n.
4. Given that mand n are the roots of the equation, x
2
2x 8 =0. Form a new equation for the new roots
3mand 3n.
.




6. Given that and are the roots of the equation , x
2
+6x +4 =0. Form a new equation for the new roots
and



2

2
7. Given that and are the roots of the quadratic equation for px(x 4) =5q x. If + = 6 and
2 2
= 10, find the value of p and of q.
5. Given that and are the roots of the equation , 2x
2
- 8x +3 =0. Form a new equation for the new roots
and



2

2
8. Given that and are the roots of quadratic equation for kx(x 3) =6m x. If + = 8 and
4 4
= 12, find the value of k and of m.
10. Given that 2 and -1/4 are the roots of quadratic equation 4x
2
+(p 1)x =q. Find the values of p and q.
11. Given that one of the roots of the quadratic equation 4x
2
kx +32 =0 is half the other root, find the
possible values of k.
9. Given that -4 and 1/3 are the roots for quadratic equation 3x
2
+px q =0. Find the values of p and q.
12. Given that one of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x
2
+(2h 1)x +36 =0 is three times the other root,
find the possible values of h.