Dear New York High Schoolers,
Best on your Regents exams this week.
Make sure you get to school early and eat a good breakfast!
Do not leave early: Spend all the allotted time (3 hours — unless your IEP is for more time)
Eat a good breakfast
Read carefully
Go over the entire exam after you finish and check your work
Sincerely,
Robin the Math Lady
The left hand side of the equation is almost a perfect square:
In order for it to be a perfect square: x^2 + 4x + ____ = 2 + ____
To find the number that completes the square take 1/2 of 4 and square it
So 4 gets added to both sides
Then the right side becomes 6
Then we can write the left side like this: (x + 2) ^2
So (x + 2)^2 = 6
then take the sqrt of both sides but do not forget the +/- with the sqrt
Then subtract 2 from both sides:
You will have two answers a plus and a minus and you can check your work by using the quadratic formula 🙂
To solve a quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0, wecan use the quadratic formula above given on the Regents Reference Sheet.
In order to find out if a solution is rational or irrational, we focus on the algebra under the radical: b^2 – 4ac: If b^2 – 4ac is a perfect square, then when we take the square root, we will get a rational number but if b^2 – 4ac is not a perfect square (like 4, 9, 16 etc), then the solution will be irrational.
In the equation 2x^2 + 3x – 10 =0, a=2, b=3 and c = -10
Once you substitute in those numbers into b^2 – 4ac, do you get a perfect square or not?
Average rate of change is another name for slope
(big hint given in the units feet per second).
Slope is change in y / change in x — the slope formula is (y2 – y1)/(x2 – x1)
Use the two points (3, 6.26) and (9, 3.41) for (x1, y1) and (x2,y2).
Show your work. Because 3.41 is less than 6.26, your answer should be negative.
For this question, use the TI-84 to find the x values that make y=0. Use the table and then check your answers on the graph. Show and explain all your work.
