Modeling with Quadratic Equations Answers

Sergei buys a rectangular rug for his living room. He measures the diagonal of the rug to be 18 feet. The length of the rug is 3 feet longer than the width.

The product of two consecutive positive integers is 812. What is the value of the lesser integer?

The product of two numbers is 240. The first number is 8 less than the second number. Which equation can be used to find x, the lesser number?

Aisha wants to make two quilts, each with the same area. The first quilt will be square with sides s feet long. The second quilt will be a rectangle with a width that is half the length of a side of the square quilt and a length that is 6 feet longer than a side length of the square quilt.

The product of two numbers is 713. The first number is 9 more than the second number. Which equation can be used to find x, the greater number?

The product of two numbers is 450. The first number is half the second number. Which equation can be used to find x, the greater number?

The product of two positive numbers is 1,800. One number is twice the other number. The equation to determine the two numbers, with x representing the value of the lesser number, is x(2x) = 1,800.

A rectangle’s width is one-fourth of its length. Its area is 9 square units. The equation l(l) = 9 can be used to find l, the length of the rectangle.

A rocket is launched into the air. The projectile motion of the rocket can be modeled using h(t) = 112t –16t2, where t is the time since launch in seconds and h(t) is the height of the rocket at time t.

The projectile motion of an object can be modeled usings(t) = gt2 + v0t + s0, where g is the acceleration due to gravity, t is the time in seconds since launch, s(t) is the height after t seconds, v0 is the initial velocity, and s0 is the initial height. The acceleration due to gravity is –4.9 m/s2.