1. Skills Check Radical Operations and Solving by Square Roots after HW Check

2. Questions over HW?

3. Skills Check Radical Operations and Solving by Square Roots

4. The Discriminant

5. The Discriminant tells how many & what type of solutions the quadratic has.

6. Put the quadratic in standard form first!

7.  If the discriminant is POSITIVE, then you will have 2 real roots.
 If the discriminant is ZERO, then you will have 1 real root.
 If the discriminant is NEGATIVE, then you will have No real roots.

8. Determine the number & types of roots. Example: 1
No Real Roots

9. Determine the number & type of roots. Example: 2
1 Real Root

10. Determine the number & type of roots. Example: 3
2 Real Roots

11. Questions??

12. Simplifying for the Quadratic Formula

13. Before we solve using the Quadratic Formula, we need to practice simplifying radicals.

14. Question #1 Simplify.
Perfect Square!!!

15. Question #2 Simplify.

16. Question #3 Simplify.

17. Question #4 Simplify.

18. Homework