Best Method for Solving Quadratics

• Extracting the Root

• Factoring

• Completing the Square

• Quadratic Formula

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• This is the quadratic formula.

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Which method is MOST EFFICIENT to solve:
8x²  -  6  = 0

• Square Root Method

• Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

• Complete the Square

• Quadratic Formula

The discriminant is

• ax²  + bx  +  c

• - b/2a

• b² - 4ac

• b² + 4ac

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​​ (a)  

x² + 8x - 13 = 0

• Square Roots

• ZPP

• Quadratic Formula

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​ (a)  

2(x + 2)² - 5 = 8

• Square Roots

• Quadratic Formula

• ZPP

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​ ​ (a)  

x² = - x + 1

• Quadratic Formula

• ZPP

• Square Roots

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​ ​ ​ (a)  

x² - 8x - 5 = 0

• ZPP

• Square Roots

• Quadratic Formula

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​ (a)  

3x² - 21 = 3

• Square Roots

• ZPP

• Quadratic Formula

Choose the best method to solve this quadratic:

​ (a)  

-3 = 4x² + 9x

• Quadratic Formula

• Square Roots

• ZPP