LESSON

5.2
1. x4 16 3. 3x3 75x

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Factor each expression.

2. 2x6 x3 6 4. x 32 3x 3 28

Solve each equation.

5. x

3 2 x

6.

x 5 2 9 x

7. If m and n represent positive integers, then 2m always represents a positive

even integer, and 2n 1 always represents a positive odd integer.

a. Express the forms of all possible sums of squares of 2 positive integers

using this fact. (The 2 integers can be odd-odd, odd-even, or even-even.)

b. Use your answer to part (a) to show that a number that leaves a remain-

der of 3 when divided by 4 cannot be a sum of two squares. (Hint: Such a number can be written as 4p 3.)
8. Factor completely: x2 12 11x2 1 24. 9. Let k represent a positive integer, so that 2k represents a positive even Lesson 5.2

integer, and suppose we want to answer the following question: How can 2k be given as a sum of two numbers x and y so that xy is as large as possible?
a. Answer the question specifically for 2k 10 by trying all possible pairs

of integers whose sum is 10. Based on your answer, make a conjecture for the general case.
b. Prove the conjecture you made in part (a) by writing a quadratic func-

tion in factored form. Explain your reasoning. (Hint: The two numbers are x and 2k x.)
10. Suppose a quadratic function f x x2 bx c has zeros p and q. a. Let k be an integer. Using only b, c, and k (and x), write a new quadratic

function whose zeros are p k and q k.

b. Repeat part (a), but write a new function whose zeros are p k and

q k.

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