W3 –Completing the Square Unit 4
MPM2D
Jensen
1) For each quadratic that is in standard form, determine the value of ‘c’ that makes each expression a perfect
square trinomial (remember, the ‘c’ value is half of the ‘b’ value squared)
a) 𝑥 ! + 6𝑥 + 𝑐 b) 𝑥 ! − 12𝑥 + 𝑐 c) 𝑥 ! + 2𝑥 + 𝑐
2) Rewrite each relation in the form 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥 − ℎ)! + 𝑘 by completing the square
a) 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! + 6𝑥 − 1 b) 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! + 10𝑥 + 20
c) 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! − 6𝑥 − 4 d) 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! − 12𝑥 + 8
e) 𝑦 = −𝑥 ! + 80𝑥 − 100 f) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 ! + 90𝑥 + 50
g) 𝑦 = −7𝑥 ! + 14𝑥 − 3 h) 𝑦 = 4𝑥 ! + 64𝑥 + 156
3) Find the maximum or minimum point of each parabola by completing the square.
a) 𝑦 = −𝑥 ! − 10𝑥 − 9 b) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 ! + 120𝑥 + 75 c) 𝑦 = −5𝑥 ! − 200𝑥 − 120
4) The path of a ball is modeled by the equation 𝑦 = −𝑥 ! + 4𝑥 + 1, where x is the horizontal distance, in
meters, travelled and y is the height, in meters, of the ball above the ground. What is the maximum height of
the ball, and at what horizontal distance does it occur?
5) The path of a rocket is given by the equation, ℎ = −3𝑡 ! + 30𝑡 + 73, where ‘ℎ’ is the height in meters and
‘𝑡’ is the time in seconds.
a) What is the max height of the rocket
b) At what time does the rocket reach its maximum height
6) For each of the following functions, i) convert to vertex form by completing the square,
ii) complete the table of properties, iii) graph the function by making a table of values
a) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 ! − 12𝑥 + 22
Vertex
𝒙 𝒚
Axis of Symmetry
Direction of
Opening
Values 𝒙 may
take (domain)
Values 𝒚 may
take (range)
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b) 𝑦 = ! 𝑥 ! − 4𝑥 − 7
Vertex 𝒙 𝒚
Axis of Symmetry
Direction of
Opening
Values 𝒙 may
take (domain)
Values 𝒚 may
take (range)
Answers
1)a) 9 b) 36 c) 1
2)a) 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 3)! − 10 b) 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 5)! − 5 c) 𝑦 = (𝑥 − 3)! − 13 d) 𝑦 = (𝑥 − 6)!
e) 𝑦 = −(𝑥 − 40)! + 1500 f) 𝑦 = 3(𝑥 + 15)! − 625 g) 𝑦 = −7(𝑥 − 1)! + 4 h) 𝑦 = 4(𝑥 + 8)! − 100
3)a) max at (−5,15) b) min at (−30, −1725) c) max at (−20,1880)
4) max height of 5m occurs at a horizontal distance of 2m
5)a) 148m b) 5 seconds
6)a)
b)
