CHAPTER 8  Objective 5.1  Exercises

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Solve.

1.  ( y + 1)( y + 2) = 0

2.   x( x - 8) = 0

3.  3 a(2 a - 1) = 0

4.  4 t² - 13 t = -3

5.  5 a² + 13 a = 6

6.  The sum of two numbers is ten. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is fifty-two. Find the two numbers.

7.  The square of the sum of a number and six is eighty-one. Find the number.

8.  The product of two consecutive even positive integers is one hundred-twenty. Find the integers.

9.  The length of a rectangle is four times the width. The area is 144 in.² Find the length and width.

10.  The length of each side of a square is extended by 3 in. The area of the resulting square is 121 in.² Find the length of a side of the original square.

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