Practice with Quadratic Applications

Complete these exercises and check your answers.

Exercises

Answers

143. Two consecutive odd numbers whose product is 255 are 15 and 17, and −15 and −17.

145. Two consecutive even numbers whose product is 624 are 24 and 26, and −26 and −24.

147.Two consecutive odd numbers whose product is 483 are 21 and 23, and −21 and −23.

149. The width of the triangle is 5 inches and the height is 18 inches.

151. The leg of the right triangle is 1.7 feet and the hypotenuse is 3.4 feet.

153. The length of the diagonal of the fence is 7.3 yards.

155. The width of the driveway is 10 feet and its length is 35 feet.

157. The rocket will reach 1,200 feet on its way up in 2 seconds and on the way down in 38 seconds.