Name: _______________________________ Class: Year 10 _________
Chapter 4 Equations, inequalities and graphs
4.5 Solving more complex quadratic equations You may be asked to solve an equation that is quadratic in some function of x. Worked Example 10 Solve the equation 4x4 – 17x2 + 4 = 0.
! Answer: x = ± or x = ±2 " Worked Example 11 ! # ! Use the substitution y = ! " to solve the equation 3! " – 5! " + 2 = 0.
# Answer: x = or x = 1 "$ Worked Example 12 Solve the equation x – 4√# – 21 = 0.
Answer: x = 49 Worked Example 13 Solve the equation 8(4x) – 33(2x) + 4 = 0.
Answer: x = – 3 or x = 2 Worked Example 14 % (a) Solve the equation 3y = 8 + . & ! ! (b) Use your answer to part (a) to solve the equation 3! # = 8 + 3! !# .
! Answer: (a) – or 3 (b) x = 9 % Worked Example 15 Using the substitution y = 2x, or otherwise, solve 22x+1 – 2x+1 – 2x + 1 = 0.
! Answer: y = or 1 then x = – 1 or 0 " Worked Example (Exercise 4.5, Question 2a) Using the quadratic formula to solve x4 – 8x2 + 1 = 0. Write your answers correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer: x = ± 0.356 or x = ± 2.81
Exercise 4.5 1. Find the real values of x satisfying the following equations. (a) x4 – 20x2 + 64 = 0
Answer: x = ± 4 or x = ±2 (b) 2x4 – 17x2 – 9 = 0
Answer: x = ± 3 (c) 4x4 + 6 = 11x2
√% Answer: x = ± √2 or x = ± " (d) " ! ! + "=6 ( (
Answer: x = – 1 or x = 2 2. Use the quadratic formula to solve these equations. Write your answers correct to 3 significant figures. (a) 3x6 – 5x3 – 2 = 0
Answer: x = 1.26 or x = – 0.693
(b) 2x8 – 7x4 – 3 = 0
Answer: x = ± 1.40 3. Solve. (a) √#(2 + √#) = 35
Answer: x = 25 (b) 8x – 18√# + 9 = 0
+ + Answer: x = or x = !, - (c) - 2√# + =9 √(
! Answer: x = or x = 16 - # ! 4. Solve the equation 2! " – 7! " + 6 = 0.
"$ Answer: x = or x = 8 # # ! 5. Solve the equation 6! " – 5! " + 1 = 0.
! ! Answer: x = or x = "$ # 6. Solve. (a) 22x+2 – 33(2x) + 8 = 0
Answer: x = – 2 or x = 3 (b) 32x+2 + 3(3x) – 2 = 0
