Activity 1: Revisiting Roots of Equations Determine the real root(s) of each equation
1. X-2 - 0
2. x + 1 = 0
3. x(x - 2) = 0
4. (x - 3)(x + 1)=0
5. ** +x - 2 = 0
6. x? (x - 9)(2x + 1) = 0
7. (x + 4)(x-*+3) = 0
8. x - x - 2 = 0
9 - 2x - 5)(x+)x-7)=0
10 (x-2)(+ 7) 0
Process Questions:
1. What do you call the given equations?
2. Describe the roots of an equation
3. In finding the roots of an equation with degree greater than 1, what have you noticed
about the number of rools? Can you recall a principle that supports this?
4. Describe how to solve for the roots of an equation.
5. How many roots does the equation x + 2x + 1 = 0 have?
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