RVC College Algebra

2/17/09

Quadratic Functions

1) What is a quadratic function?

2) How do you graph a quadratic function? How can you tell if a quadratic
function opens up or down?

3) How do you find the vertex of a quadratic function? What is the vertex
form of a quadratic?

4) Why do we use quadratics for application problems?

5) page 260 #6

6) page 261 #16

7) page 261 #26

8) page 262 #32

9) page 263 #48

10) Prove that the quadratic function f(x) = x2 can be used to find the product
of two integers

11) Find the maximum product of two numbers whose sum is 76

Section 3.2 #5, 9, 15, 23, 25, 30, 33, 37, 40, 49, 51